Israel Boosts Shabak Role in Arab Communities
The Israeli government has announced a government plan to increase the Shin Bet's involvement in combating crime within the Arab community, allocating approximately 497 million shekels from the budget, including 364.5 million for Shin Bet and 132.4 million for the police. Shin Bet's efforts will mainly focus on fighting gun smuggling and trafficking; it will not replace the police in confronting criminal organizations. Human rights groups and Arab community leaders have warned that reducing funding for education, employment, and infrastructure programs could worsen social conditions that facilitate the spread of crime, and that relying primarily on security measures as a solution to civil issues perpetuates a securitized approach to a social problem.
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