Roi Levy, mayor of Nesher and deputy chairman of the Center for Local Government, said that criminal weapons currently used for protection rackets in the Haifa metropolis will become nationalist weapons of tomorrow. 'The writing is not only on the wall — it is bleeding on it,' he said.
In a statement published by Channel 12 news, Nesher Mayor Roi Levy, who also serves as deputy chairman of the Center for Local Government, warned that the criminal weapons currently used freely for protection rackets in the Haifa metropolis will become the nationalist weapons of tomorrow. 'The writing is not only on the wall, it is bleeding on it,' he said. Levy, who chairs the local government association's security committee, spoke from his familiarity with the daily reality on the ground. His remarks underscore a recurring concern among Israeli local leaders about the flow of illegal weapons from criminal networks to terrorist organizations, particularly in the northern region.
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