The Knesset National Security Council convened on Sunday for a special meeting titled: "Police preparation to prevent harm to residents during the olive harvest season." During the meeting, MK Limor Son-Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit) warned that the harvest season in Judea and Samaria has long since become an orchestrated event of provocations and violence. According to the MK, "The olive harvest is used as a cover for provocations, violent protests, and attack attempts, with Jewish lives being pushed aside for the comfort of the enemy.
The harvest can not become a path for terrorists to circumvent security by disguising themselves as farmers. We must protect Israeli citizens, and not abandon them in the face of armed rioters." Son-Har Melech also presented the committee with the activities of the "Committee to Resist Settlements," an official Palestinian Authority body led by released terrorist Muayad Shaban.
She alerted that Shaban held a meeting last week to officially prepare for the harvest season and called to turn it into "a confrontation arena and a tool for Palestinian unity." Lt. Col. Hakim Halil, chief of the Civil Administration Operations Wing, said during the meeting that the possibility of prohibiting entry to certain areas for security reasons is being considered. Intelligence is monitoring the issue and will instruct accordingly. (Ed note: The olive harvest usually takes place between October and November.) (Read More)
