Shin Bet chief urges administrative detention for West Bank extremists – The Jerusalem Post

Shin Bet chief urges administrative detention for West Bank extremists  The Jerusalem Post

Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director David Zini told the Security Cabinet on Monday that it must consider reinstating administrative detentions over extremist settler nationalist terrorism in the West Bank."If the measures currently being used, along with the special task force they are seeking to establish, prove ineffective, there will be no choice but to recommend administrative detention," Zini said.Defense Minister Israel Katz banned administrative detention of Jews in January 2025.Additionally, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called for the establishment of a joint dedicated task force to fight nationalist crime in the West Bank during the Security Cabinet meeting."The military's tools regarding this issue are limited," Zamir said.The discussion comes amid heightened security concerns in the West Bank, where Israeli security forces continue to contend with multiple forms of violence and criminal activity.

The issue of nationalist violence has increasingly featured in security discussions, alongside ongoing operations against Palestinian terrorist networks.Upcoming Knesset elections, October 7 anniversary leading to 'sensitive period,' Zamir saysZamir also warned members of the Security Cabinet that Israel is entering a particularly sensitive period, citing both the upcoming elections at the end of the month and the anniversary of the October 7 attack."This is a sensitive period, both because of the elections at the end of the month and because of the inauguration in October;