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| New security measures cause drop in terror activity in Jerusalem |
| 2015-10-21 |
| [Jpost] Violence in the capital had abated significantly by Tuesday after police set up multiple roadblocks and heavily armed checkpoints, coupled with intensive spot checks, in east Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods. Police front man Micky Rosenfeld said roadblocks placed over the past several days in Jebl Mukaber, Shuafat, Silwan, Ras el-Amud and Isawiya have been instrumental in stymieing further terrorist activity. "The results of our emphasis on roadblocks and checkpoints throughout the capital can be felt on the ground," Rosenfeld said on Tuesday. "Border Police are carrying out intensive spot checks in different Arab neighborhoods to find potential bully boyz and prevent them from coming into west Jerusalem. More roadblocks and security measures will continue for as long as there is a threat of terrorist attacks." Rosenfeld said nearly 5,000 officers from a range of units, assisted by hundreds of soldiers, have apprehended 490 Arab suspects since the terrorism wave began in the city at the beginning of the month. Citing acting police commissioner Asst.-Ch. Bentzi Sau's Tuesday announcement that police expect to make hundreds of more arrests in east Jerusalem after forming six task forces with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Rosenfeld said the ongoing zero-tolerance strategy has finally leveled the playing field. "Thousands of coppers are leaving nothing to chance and will arrest all suspects who attempt to carry out attacks and disturbances until order is restored," he said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Fall back, regroup, advance... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-10-21 14:49 |
| #1 I don't hear libs bemoaning the new fences that 0bean's ignorant polices have resulted in around the world. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-10-21 12:54 |