By Xinhua,
Jerusalem : Israel’s internal security chief Yuval Dis kin on Sunday said he is “extremely concerned” that extreme right-wing activists might launch attacks against national leaders, local news service Ynet reported.
The warning from the Shin Bet agency came on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 before he was shot dead by a right-wing radical who opposed to his signing of the Oslo Accords.
“As the anniversary of the Rabin assassination draws near, the Shin Bet has spotted among right-wing extremists the readiness to use firearms in order to halt political proceedings and harm leaders. The Shin Bet is extremely concerned by this,” Dis kin was quoted as telling a weekly cabinet meeting.
Noting the recent rise of settler violence against both Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers, caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying at the meeting that he would not tolerate the “not so small group of people who are rebelling and creating anarchy.”
Olmert added that the government plans to set up a special team of ministers to deal with the settler violence and restore law and order.