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Israeli police stand in a street in the mixed city of Lod while Arab rioters are raging nearby, May 12, 2021.
Minister of Homeland Security Amir Ohana (Likud) âreplied on Wednesday in the Knesset Plenum to a parliamentary question by MK Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism) on forming a commission of inquiry to examine police conduct during the riots in the mixed cities several weeks ago, and also replied to a parliamentary question by MK Yosef Taieb (Shas) regarding the campaign to collect illegal weapons, which are possessed by and large by Israeli Arabs.
Minister Ohana described the actions taken by police Operation Law and Order, saying: âThese intensive and powerful actions significantly improved the response provided to the citizensâwhich I unequivocally agree was unsuitable at the start of the riotsâand significantly improved the personal security of the residents of the mixed cities.”