Re: Jews vs. Palestinians
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:20 pm
NEWS/JERUSALEM/6 HOURS AGO
Israel: Settlers' takeover of security posts 'alarming'
The settler movement's capture of top posts
in security establishment reflects the wider
trends in Israeli society.
Jonathan Cook
Jerusalem - The top posts in Israel's national police force are now in the hands of hardline religious settlers who are seeking to make "alarming" changes to policing in both Israel and the occupied territories, critics have warned.

The settler leadership has made no secret of its intentions to dominate the police force [EPA]
The growing influence of the settler movement was highlighted this month with the appointment of Rahamim Brachyahu as the force's chief rabbi. He lives in Talmon, a settlement close to the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Roni Alsheikh, who was made police chief late last year, lived for many years in one of the most violent settlements, Kiryat Arba, next to Hebron. According to Israel's Haaretz daily, Alsheikh lobbied hard on behalf of Brachyahu for the chief rabbi position.
It is the first time members of the religious settler community have held either of these top posts. Both have expressed their commitment to accelerating a programme called Believers in the Police, established five years ago, to recruit settlers and fast-track their promotion to officer rank.
Brachyahu has described the influx of religious settlers into the police as "a beautiful partnership, bringing something Godly into something that has historically functioned as not Godly."
He has also declared his intention to place a stronger emphasis on Jewish religious law, or halakha, in policing work. His goal, he has stated, is to create a book of Biblical and rabbinical commandments for use by all police officers as they go about their duties.
That has raised deep concern among Palestinian leaders because Brachyahu has defended a notorious rabbinical handbook for settlers known as the King's Torah. It argues that Jewish religious law justifies killing Palestinians as a preventative measure - including children in case they grow up to become "terrorists".
"Religious fundamentalist, ultra-nationalist settlers are gaining power over many areas of public life in Israel," Aida Touma-Suleiman, a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament, told Al Jazeera.
"But the transformation of the police is especially alarming, because it is supposed to be a civilian agency. Now there is a struggle in the police about which has priority - God's laws or the state's laws."...
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More, here: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/i ... 57139.html
Israel: Settlers' takeover of security posts 'alarming'
The settler movement's capture of top posts
in security establishment reflects the wider
trends in Israeli society.
Jonathan Cook
Jerusalem - The top posts in Israel's national police force are now in the hands of hardline religious settlers who are seeking to make "alarming" changes to policing in both Israel and the occupied territories, critics have warned.

The settler leadership has made no secret of its intentions to dominate the police force [EPA]
The growing influence of the settler movement was highlighted this month with the appointment of Rahamim Brachyahu as the force's chief rabbi. He lives in Talmon, a settlement close to the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Roni Alsheikh, who was made police chief late last year, lived for many years in one of the most violent settlements, Kiryat Arba, next to Hebron. According to Israel's Haaretz daily, Alsheikh lobbied hard on behalf of Brachyahu for the chief rabbi position.
It is the first time members of the religious settler community have held either of these top posts. Both have expressed their commitment to accelerating a programme called Believers in the Police, established five years ago, to recruit settlers and fast-track their promotion to officer rank.
Brachyahu has described the influx of religious settlers into the police as "a beautiful partnership, bringing something Godly into something that has historically functioned as not Godly."
He has also declared his intention to place a stronger emphasis on Jewish religious law, or halakha, in policing work. His goal, he has stated, is to create a book of Biblical and rabbinical commandments for use by all police officers as they go about their duties.
That has raised deep concern among Palestinian leaders because Brachyahu has defended a notorious rabbinical handbook for settlers known as the King's Torah. It argues that Jewish religious law justifies killing Palestinians as a preventative measure - including children in case they grow up to become "terrorists".
"Religious fundamentalist, ultra-nationalist settlers are gaining power over many areas of public life in Israel," Aida Touma-Suleiman, a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament, told Al Jazeera.
"But the transformation of the police is especially alarming, because it is supposed to be a civilian agency. Now there is a struggle in the police about which has priority - God's laws or the state's laws."...
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More, here: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/i ... 57139.html


