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Jun. 7, 2021 6:01 AM
No decision has yet been made on whether the new government will be sworn in this week or next, but it s threatened by developments on the security front.
The police, despite the warnings of other security agencies, haven’t yet announced the route of Thursday’s right-wing Flag March through Jerusalem. And the Knesset Guard, in consultation with the Shin Bet security service, is beefing up its protection of Yamina party lawmakers, who are receiving death threats.
The organizers of this week’s Flag March, members of the Religious Zionism party, say it’s a routine political act that is protected by the right to freedom of expression. But their insistence on marching through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter reveals their true intention. They are trying to throw a lit match into the gasoline fumes accumulating over Jerusalem.
Druckman, in a video statement on Saturday night, added, “There is no incitement here.”
“It’s inconceivable that this [would be seen] as a [call for] physical violence or even verbal [violence]. Rather [the government should be prevented] only through democratic means,” he said.
In an extraordinary statement Saturday, the head of the Shin Bet internal security service Nadav Argaman warned of rising incitement and hate speech on social media, and the danger that it will spark political violence, as the coalition that aims to oust incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears increasingly likely to be sworn in.
Head of Shin Bet security service Nadav Argaman visits at the 8th International UVID Conference at the Avenue Convention Center in Airport City, on November 7, 2019. (Flash90)
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Jun. 6, 2021 6:08 AM
It’s obviously only a coincidence, but somehow the leaders of the Religious Zionism party decided this year, of all years, that it was insufficient to mark the end of the Six-Day War according to its Jewish calendar date, which fell on May 10 this year. On Friday, posters appeared announcing people to celebrate the reunification of Jerusalem 54 years ago on its anniversary in the Gregorian calendar. A second Flag March is planned for Thursday.
Last week, I wrote that the unprecedented political crisis could encounter renewed security tension along the Green Line and in the Palestinian territories. The new provocation from Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich, in the form of the march, strengthens this suspicion. On Saturday, Shin Bet security service head Nadav Argaman issued an extraordinary warning, saying political violence could end in physical harm, amid the efforts to form a new coalit
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