Crocodiles

After boasting about creating moats with crocodiles to secure prisons, the chairman of Otzma Yehudit fears the move is hurting the election campaign and has ordered the party not to highlight the plan in public messaging. This was learned by Ynet. The minister's office stated: 'We do not engage in media spins.'

Experts warn of harm to the crocodiles' welfare, the risk of their escape, and concerns that prison security will come at the expense of environmental protection: 'The risk of prisoners escaping is small compared to the problem that could arise from crocodiles escaping.' The Nature and Parks Authority also opposes the declaration: 'The main risks are tangible and clear.'

The State Attorney's Office is suing the operator of the crocodile farm in Petza'el for over a million shekels, claiming that safety and maintenance deficiencies forced the authorities to intervene. Among the actions taken by the state: securing the farm and putting down 270 crocodiles due to the danger to human life.

The project to surround the Ktzi'ot prison with water moats containing crocodiles is so delusional that it is no surprise Silman joined it. Who is convinced he is the only person in the country who knows everything about everything? When Ben Gvir warns against a political police — irony dies of shame.

The Minister of Environmental Protection is demanding that the Nature and Parks Authority establish conditions for housing crocodiles within the Prison Service, despite a District Court injunction freezing the program. The pilot, promoted alongside National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, is slated to begin near the Ketsiot prison for security detainees in the coming days. Ben Gvir criticized...

The Jerusalem District Court has issued a temporary injunction halting the state's plan to place Nile crocodiles at the Ktzi'ot detention facility. The ruling follows a petition by the organization "Let the Animals Live."

The court temporarily prohibited the advancement of transferring Nile crocodiles to the Ktzi'ot prison, until a decision is reached on the request for an interim injunction. The petition claims that work has already begun and that 21 million shekels were allocated for the pilot.