By YAAKOV LAPPIN
“Experience has shown that we have to be ready for a sudden outbreak of violence,” Israel police chief says.
Police have completed a major drill to test riot-response capabilities ahead of the planned Palestinian statehood recognition bid at the UN.
Speaking at national headquarters in Jerusalem on Sunday, Insp.-Gen. Yochanan Danino said police would allow nonviolent rallies by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians under Israeli jurisdiction to go ahead, adding that there was no intelligence information indicating planned disturbances.
“Experience has shown that we have to be ready for a sudden outbreak of violence,” he said. “This exercise was held to ensure that all systems are working. We tested various scenarios again and again. We’ll be happy not to use any of these measures, [but] the scenarios that were drilled were realistic.”
The police chief added that the terrorism threat had not changed over the past two weeks. (more on jpost.com)
