Moshe Feiglin: 'The Israel Police called to express concern'
Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut party, is furious following a call from the Israel Police ahead of a party conference in Bat Yam. The reason for the police concern was the city's proximity to Jaffa. 'Deal with the threateners, not with a legal political conference,' the politician stated.
Moshe Feiglin, a former Knesset member for the Likud party, founder of the Zehut party, and a right-wing figure known for his national-Jewish and economic-libertarian views, is in the midst of preparations for the election campaign.
As part of his activity, which includes a joint run with Michael Ben-Ari and a round of media interviews, Feiglin is accustomed to sharing his uncompromising opinions or worrying cases from his daily activity with his followers on social media. Now, he reveals an incident that he claims paints a particularly worrying picture of the situation in the State of Israel.
According to Feiglin, the Israel Police contacted him and expressed concern ahead of his party's 'National Wake-up Call' conference. Feiglin clarifies that the approach was not made due to intelligence information or a concrete threat, but for one reason only: the conference was planned to take place in a closed hall in Bat Yam — a city adjacent to Jaffa.
'We want to understand: has the very fact that a Zionist party is holding a conference in a city adjacent to a mixed city become a "provocation" that requires special preparation? When center and left-wing parties hold conferences in Bat Yam or Tel Aviv — does the police call them too because of the proximity to Jaffa?' Feiglin wondered.
Feiglin continued to mock the absurdity and mentioned that the party is expected to hold additional conferences in Netanya, Tel Aviv, and Eilat — with Tel Aviv bordering directly on Jaffa. However, he emphasizes the fundamental issue behind the case: 'In what country has proximity to an Arab population become a security consideration when Jews want to gather in a hall and talk politics?'
In his remarks, he called on the police to change their order of priorities:
'If there is a threat — deal with the threateners. If there are those who intend to disturb the peace — deal with the peace-disturbers. Do not turn the very existence of a legal political conference into a problem that needs to be explained or "prepared" for. Our right to gather in any city is not a provocation.'
