(Prime Minister's Office) Amid a series of violent attacks in Israel over the past two months, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the Cabinet on Sunday: "I have instructed the National Security Council...to present the government with an orderly and budgeted plan to establish a civilian national guard by the end of the month." "The urgent need to strengthen the personal security of the citizens of Israel was born a year ago during the events of Operation Guardian of the Walls [in May 2021], mainly in the mixed cities, and it is more urgent than ever in the current wave of terrorism....We see the difference between incidents in which there was a responsible armed civilian in the area and those in which there was not." "The plan will be based on Border Police units, along with the mobilization of trained units of volunteers and reservists, who together will be defined as a national guard. They will be activated in emergencies and disturbances, and in routine times as well, as necessary."
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