Shin Bet Reports Semi-Military Groups in Negev
Israeli security agencies stated that the Shin Bet has detected attempts to form quasi-military groups in some Bedouin communities in the Negev, as part of broader efforts to address the phenomenon of illegal weapons and organized crime. They claimed that some of these groups may be linked to Palestinian organizations, including Hamas, and that efforts are underway to prevent these attempts. The increasing proliferation of weapons threatens to shift the threat level from criminal activity to security concerns, with rising smuggling across borders and falling prices of weapons on the black market. There are also explanations highlighting the intertwining of criminal activities with nationalistic motives. Security authorities aim to expand their interventions to prevent these conflicts from escalating to more dangerous levels that could threaten Israeli security and the Arab community in the Negev.
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