One has to look at the bigger picture, he said.
“That day, tens of thousands of rioters flooded the streets of Lod, Akko, Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Bat Yam and Umm el-Fahm, and even if the police had had hundreds of additional officers, unfortunately, we still would not have been able to be everywhere.”
The Israel Police and Border Police, he said, were simply unable to cover such “intense” events over such a wide area. “It was impossible given the existing manpower,” he said.
Indeed, the May riots required the activation of 20 companies of Border Police reservists, a first in the country’s history.
The talks will also focus on accelerating the reconstruction process in Gaza
AFP PHOTO / HO / PRESIDENCIA EGIPCIA - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Egypt has invited Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to hold separate talks aimed at consolidating the ceasefire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas militant rulers in the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian intelligence official said on Thursday. The talks will also focus on speeding up Gaza s reconstruction process, according to the AP news agency. We are looking for a long-term truce, allowing for further discussions and possibly direct talks, said the official, who was closely familiar with the procedures leading to the ceasefire and who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief reporters.
Egypt has invited Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority for separate talks that aim at consolidating the cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip s militant Hamas rulers, Israeli media and an Egyptian intelligence official said Thursday. The talks would also focus on accelerating the reconstruction process in Gaza.
CAIRO (AP) Egypt has invited Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority for separate talks that aim at consolidating the cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s militant Hamas rulers, an Egyptian intelligence official said Thursday. The talks would also focus on accelerating the reconstruction process in Gaza.