Shas MK Yaakov Margi, a resident of the Negev, delivered a scathing speech about the collapse of governance in the Negev from the Knesset plenum on Tuesday.
Margi, who lives on a yishuv near the Bedouin city of Rahat, described a daily reality of gunfire and a constant flow of weapons into criminal hands.
�Every night I hear the sound of gunfire from the weapons that criminal organizations steal from IDF bases,� he said.
�The lawlessness and lack of governance in the Negev is not inevitable,” he asserted. “The police, the Shin Bet, and the IDF can eradicate this phenomenon. It�s time to act before it�s too late.�
(YWN Israel Desk�Jerusalem)
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Incompetent governance is usually sign of a failing state. Is the Zionist state beginning to fail.
Most Arabs in the Negev are Bedouin rather than Palestinians, and have generally not been anti-Israel or anti-Jewish (unlike the more urban Palestinians who dominate in places such as Gaza).