Posted on Feb 19, 2023
Police chief warns of potential for political assassination: ‘Lower the flames’
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Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai warned Saturday that the current political climate could lead to deadly violence, as he pleaded with Israelis to “lower the flames.”
“I came here [to the studio] for a reason. I’ve tried to refrain from these kinds of interviews. But the situation we’re in [in Israel] keeps me awake at night. We’re on a steep slope, of inflammatory argument, of people writing things without considering the impact they can have on the other side,” Shabtai told Channel 12 news.
“This is an opportunity to tell everyone to breathe, calm down, to discuss, and not to become violent in words or deeds… The State of Israel has already seen harm done to public figures,” he said.
“I came here [to the studio] for a reason. I’ve tried to refrain from these kinds of interviews. But the situation we’re in [in Israel] keeps me awake at night. We’re on a steep slope, of inflammatory argument, of people writing things without considering the impact they can have on the other side,” Shabtai told Channel 12 news.
“This is an opportunity to tell everyone to breathe, calm down, to discuss, and not to become violent in words or deeds… The State of Israel has already seen harm done to public figures,” he said.
Police chief warns of potential for political assassination: ‘Lower the flames’
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Those in office here in the US should heed the same warning. All this current crap -- burning books, taking freedom of choice from women, the rising threats from various supremacist groups, etc - fed in a large part by Fox broadcasting, is eventually going to bite us in the ass.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The declaration appeared to mark a further escalation in the power struggle between Shabtai and Otzma Yehudit leader Ben Gvir, who recently lashed out at Jerusalem cops for not using force during an anti-government protest, and slammed officers over the demolition of an illegal West Bank grove.
“I am not resigning,” Shabtai said. “I say this in the clearest way possible: We operate according to the law. The law grants certain things to police officers, the commissioner and district commanders. No one can replace the commissioner or a district commander at their own discretion.”
..."The declaration appeared to mark a further escalation in the power struggle between Shabtai and Otzma Yehudit leader Ben Gvir, who recently lashed out at Jerusalem cops for not using force during an anti-government protest, and slammed officers over the demolition of an illegal West Bank grove.
“I am not resigning,” Shabtai said. “I say this in the clearest way possible: We operate according to the law. The law grants certain things to police officers, the commissioner and district commanders. No one can replace the commissioner or a district commander at their own discretion.”
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