Israeli ministers laid the foundation stone on Tuesday for 350 new housing units in the Beit El settlement near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. All of Israel s settlements are illega.
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Jun. 1, 2021 12:35 PM
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana said Monday that it is legitimate to call on armed Jews to protect Jewish communities in the city of Lod, which saw violent tensions erupt between Jewish and Arab residents during the previous escalation in Gaza.
Ohana was responding to a letter from Joint List MK Ofer Cassif, who said last week that a Lod city council member s call for armed Jews to protect the mixed city s residents constitutes incitement.
Ohana wrote in reply: I disagree that it is incitement. The call to citizens to defend themselves against their attackers, with the means of firearms for which they have a legal license, among others, is a legitimate call. He signed off his letter, There were times when Jews were defenseless and powerless against their attackers. Thank God those times have passed.
Israeli ministers on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a new project to build 350 settler units in the Beit El settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah
As ultra-Orthodox political leaders resist an independent investigation of Israel's worst civil disaster, fearing they'll be blamed, anger is rising within the community