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Since I took office as Minister of National Security, one of the top goals I have set for myself is to worsen the conditions of terrorists in prisons, and reduce their rights to the minimum required by law.
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I made this commitment to my voters and the people of Israel back in the elections, when I announced that I would seek the position.
Everything that was published about the atrocious conditions of these vile murderers in prison was true. They controlled the prisons without question, and did whatever they pleased.
In the past year, before the war broke out, I waged a full-scale war to carry out the long-awaited reform on their terms, and to fulfill the mandate I received from the public.
The main organization that is struggling with my attempts to lead this important reform, and even managed to prevent it, is the Shin Bet, under the command of Ronen Bar. He stood on his hind legs, convincing the prime minister time and time again that worsening the conditions of the terrorists would lead to escalation, an explosion, the burning of the Middle East. What not.
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On October 7th, we discovered the bitter truth: Our enemies do not need any excuse to massacre us, and lead to "escalation." They have one reason why they are doing this: our existence as Jews.
At the same time, after the outbreak of the war, I finally managed to carry out the long-awaited reform. The conditions of the terrorists in prison were reduced to a minimum: we stopped the financial deposits, we canceled the canteens for the terrorists, we removed the electrical appliances from the cells, we stopped the terrorists' promenade, we dramatically reduced the terrorists' stay in the showers, we canceled the speaker's status, we stopped the luxurious food menu, which was converted into a minimal menu, and in short - we completely stopped the camp conditions.
Terrorists currently released from prison indicate that they would never want to return to an Israeli prison. The prisons of the State of Israel are no longer a sad joke.
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As part of the war, the army made many arrests of terrorists and wanted terrorists in the West Bank, along with many terrorists brought from Gaza. A large portion of the detainees were housed in a military camp, Sde Yeman, where they were held by the army. Recently, following a petition to the High Court of Justice, complaining about the conditions of the terrorists there, the IDF and the Shin Bet were quick to fold, announcing that the conditions of confinement there would be examined, and that the number of prisoners held there would be reduced.
In practice, a situation has arisen in which, due to the difficult living conditions of the prisoners (we are talking about despicable terrorists, right?), there are now 1,500 vacant prison places in the Yemeni field.
Even in the prisons under the responsibility of the IPS, where many terrorists were taken in, overcrowding has occurred. But I have never thought of releasing terrorists from prison because it is too crowded for them.
And this is the core of the dispute between me and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar: Ronen Bar claims that the conditions for terrorists in prison, including the overcrowding, look bad in the world, and could lead to escalation. And I claim that if every other country in the world were to do what was done to us, it would do many times more against those terrorists - and put a big line on all those who are squeamish.
Are they crowded? Next time they'll think twice before they go out to slaughter, rape, and loot.
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As for the Shin Bet's claims that the IPS and the Ministry of National Security did nothing to establish and add new detention facilities - this is nonsense, which was fully supported by the left-wing media.
These are the exact facts: The IPS has already begun an accelerated construction project for new detention facilities, and since October, 2,500 new detention facilities have been added. Another project began last April, and it includes the construction of 936 additional detention facilities, which is currently underway. In addition to the emergency construction during the war, the IPS will complete a construction project for approximately 1,200 detention facilities throughout the country by the end of the year. All this, alongside the fact that since the beginning of the war, the IPS has taken in a record number of over 5,000 terrorists who were arrested by the security forces.
It is very possible that even after the addition of new prison places is completed, the many terrorists will still be overcrowded in prison. I have already proposed a much simpler solution, of enacting the death penalty for terrorists, which would solve the overcrowding issue - legislation to which the Shin Bet also strongly opposes.
But until this legislation, God willing, passes, nothing will happen if the Nu'haba terrorist, who burned a baby girl to death on October 7, is crowded in the prison cell where he is languishing.
