Police to expand unit for fighting 'price tags'
10/11/2012 23:05
Israel Police will expand YAMAR central investigative unit to fight nationalist crimes committed by either Jews or Arabs.
Graffiti reads: Price Tag Migron Photo: Reuters
The Israel Police will expand the Judea and Samaria branch of the YAMAR (Central
Investigative Unit) to fight crimes of a national character committed by both
Jews and Arabs, Insp.- Gen. Yohanan Danino announced this week.
During
his dedication of a new police station in the Binyamin sub-district in the West
Bank, Danino said, “We will strengthen the police and law enforcement in the
Judea and Samaria district and will fight against the crimes which are unique to
this district with an emphasis on crimes of a national character from both
sides.”
Danino also praised the decision made by Public Security Minister
Yitzhak Aharonovitch and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night to
strengthen the Judea and Samaria branch of the Central Investigative Unit. In
September, Aharonovitch announced that police will launch a new unit to focus on
“price-tag” attacks, the name given to acts of vandalism or violence perpetrated
to protest government policy.
“We must show zero tolerance of terrorism,
attacks on religious institutions, state symbols and incidents referred to as
‘price-tags.’ We will launch a new force that will reinforce the currently
existing units fighting this phenomenon, and will bring those responsible to
justice. We cannot tolerate this situation,” Aharonovitch said at the
time.