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Vetting panel okays Yaakov Shabtai as next police chief
Eli Senyor |
Published: 12.30.20 , 14:44
The government panel for senior appointments, known as the Goldberg Committee, has approved the candidacy of Yaakov Shabtai as police chief, following his nomination by Public Security Minister Amir Ohana earlier this month. The appointment must now be approved by the cabinet in order to take effect.
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Public Security Minister Amir Ohana holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on July 15, 2020. (FLASH90)
The appointments must now be approved by the cabinet to take effect.
Ohana, whose ministry oversees the police and prisons service, hailed the committee’s approval of the nominees.
“I’ll immediately bring a proposal for government approval and I expect all members to approve them without delay,” he wrote on Twitter.
Ohana also said Shabtai was facing “burning, difficult and urgent problems to deal with” as the designated police chief, without giving further details. The approval of Shabtai’s nomination came amid frequent clashes between police and protesters on a number of issues, including the death of a young settler in a car crash last week while fleeing police after allegedly throwing stones at Palestinians.
Israeli minister blocks COVID-19 vaccinations for Palestinian prisoners; demand to overturn decision
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails for resisting the occupation. (File photo)
HAIFA, Monday, December 28, 2020 (WAFA) – In light of the Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana directive preventing Palestinians detained by Israel from receiving vaccinations, in violation of mandatory Health Ministry guidelines, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter to senior Israeli officials late yesterday demanding they act to immediately reverse the decision to block Palestinians designated by Israel as security prisoners from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Adalah General Director Attorney Hassan Jabareen sent a letter to Ohana and Israel Prison Service /IPS/ Chargé d Affairs Asher Vaknin demanding that they move to revoke Ohana’s decision to prevent Palestinian prisoners from being vaccinated.
Don’t vaccinate Palestinian prisoners: Israel minister issues directive
By Hanie Abdul Razak| Published: 28th December 2020 9:36 pm IST So far, 140 security prisoners in Israel have gotten infected with the COVID 19 virus.
Israel’s Public Security Minister Amir Ohana has instructed prison officials to not vaccinate security prisoners against COVID-19. Even though the Minister’s statement does not distinguish between groups, all security prisoners in Israel are Palestinians.
The statement was made from his office on Saturday to the Israel Prisons Service, ordering them to only vaccinate prison staff and not the inmates until further notice.
He added that the prisoners will be vaccinated “in accordance with the progress of vaccinating the general public”, which is expected to begin in 7-10 days’ time.