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GovernmentNegevWednesday 7 October 2026

Netanyahu asks Shin Bet for a Negev weapons plan after chief's warning

Shin Bet head David Zini told ministers of armed groups in Bedouin communities; an MK wants the army involved.

Empty palm-lined road curving through a Negev town.
Hura's main street, 2015. Photo: Liorlevin (Wikimedia user), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Israel Hayom reported that Shin Bet chief David Zini told the cabinet of military-style infrastructure and attempts to form battalions in some Bedouin communities. Netanyahu asked the agency for a report and a plan to stop it.

MK Almog Cohen is pushing a bill for a national task force, including the army, to act inside Bedouin society against weapons.

Roy Kahlon, head of the Prime Minister's Office authority on crime in Arab society, said crime groups hold LAW rockets, MAG machine guns, Claymore charges and explosive drones.

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