The Shin Bet security agency instructed police to take down Israeli flags hung along the road to Beit Rimon in the Galilee, according to the office of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The office said police confirmed the directive came from Shin Bet personnel on site, who argued the flags would provoke residents of the nearby Arab town of Kafr Kanna. Ben Gvir's office called the incident 'extremely serious' and vowed 'the Israeli flag will fly everywhere in the State of Israel.'
The incident, first reported this morning with police seen removing flags on the road to Beit Rimon, has now been attributed to a directive from the Shin Bet, according to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's office. The office stated it checked with police and learned the order originated from Shin Bet personnel at the scene, who feared the flags would agitate residents of the Arab town of Kafr Kanna. Ben Gvir's office denounced the move as "extremely serious," vowing that "the Israeli flag will fly everywhere." The Shin Bet has not commented publicly. As The Zioneer reported earlier today, police were seen removing the flags; the new claim pins responsibility on the security agency, escalating a dispute between the minister and the Shin Bet over policy in mixed Jewish-Arab areas.
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