Israel: Police warn that they need hundreds more officers for Ramadan
FEB 24, 2023 4:00 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
3 COMMENTS
Why would they need more cops for Ramadan, which every year the Western media tells us is a time of prayer and peace? As always, however, the establishment media line and the truth are two quite different things. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims redouble their efforts to please Allah. If Allah promises paradise to those who kill and are killed (Qur’an 9:111), he must want people to kill and be killed. So Ramadan would be the ideal time to do this, as it is the month in which observant Muslims try to do more of what Allah wants them to do.
“Israel Police warns it needs hundreds more officers ahead of tense Ramadan,” by Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2023:
Israel Police is suffering from a severe manpower shortage which will affect its ability to respond to violence during the month of Ramadan this year, warned police chief Kobi Shabtai at a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee on Wednesday.
Shabtai noted that the tensions of Ramadan come as the police are also dealing with securing large protests around the country, a rise in terrorist attacks, car accidents and an increase in murders around the country.
“In every incident, they expect us to be in all places even before the incident happens and with the deployment and stretching out [of police forces], we are now facing serious difficulties in providing a response at the standard and criteria that we think the citizens of Israel deserve to receive,” said Shabtai, noting that in Jerusalem, for example, the police need another 500 officers.
Initiatives
The chief of police called for a pay raise for police officers and an improvement in working conditions in order to aid in recruiting the needed officers.
Shabtai explained that, in terms of mixed cities, where Jews, Arabs and Christians live together, the police are in a better place than they were in 2021, but are still not where they need to be and they need more equipment and manpower.
The chief of police noted that police are working to expand the “Safe City” project which includes installing sensors and cameras to help police to predict disturbances and start handling them as soon as they start, but that they still need a larger budget in order to purchase and install the needed technology.
Shabtai reiterated that while technology is important, the main issue is manpower. “We don’t have enough police in these places. In Guardian of the Walls we were caught naked with the number of police officers we had. Our situation has improved a bit in some of the places, but in order to provide security for the citizens of the State of Israel we need many more officers on the streets.”
The police and emergency services are planning to conduct a nationwide exercise next week which will last seven days to check the readiness of the forces throughout the country. The police are also recruiting reserve Border Police companies to reinforce security forces during the month of Ramadan…. |
