The Minister of Public Security should announce his resignation, or at least suspend himself until the omission is clarified. And even better, one hour earlier. Even if he had only taken office with the formation of the current government, Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch would have had to draw conclusions. But Aharonovitch is not a new minister who was appointed to the position only a year ago and has not yet had time to get to know the ministry. This is his second term.
"I don't know yet if this was an oversight" - that's what the Minister of Public Security had to say to the citizens of Israel when it became clear that police officers who received a phone call from one of the hostages simply ignored it. They didn't inform their superiors, they didn't pass on the information. They simply ignored it.
And the Minister of Public Security does not know whether this was an oversight. If so, then the police officer on duty is probably to blame and he will pay the price. Because what else can be expected from the minister? After all, he cannot sit at every station and answer every phone call. There are many police stations and there is only one minister in charge.
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The fish stinks from the head. When Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino does not see fit to stop his visit to the US the moment he first learned about the kidnapping, is it possible to make complaints against a junior police officer?
As a side note: Minister Aharonovitch also failed miserably in what concerns the "price tag." The police did not track down the members of the group, assuming that it was indeed an organized group.
But the bottom line is that the question of whether the Minister of Public Security failed because he doesn't want to or because he can't shouldn't interest the public. A minister who heads a failed system needs to draw conclusions.
Less than ten days ago, Defense Minister and former Labor Party Chairman MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer withdrew from the race for the presidency. Ben-Eliezer withdrew from the race after being summoned for questioning on suspicion of receiving a bribe from businessman Avraham Nanikashvili. The investigation was not completed. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has not yet been convicted.
Sophie Ron-Moriah's column is published on the NRG website
