Israel Gantz, chairman of the Binyamin Regional Council and head of the Yesha Council, condemned the Palestinian Authority's security forces parade held Wednesday in Ramallah on 'Police Day,' calling it a display of military force that should 'shake the State of Israel.' Gantz warned that the PA now fields some 45,000 armed operatives, and called for the PA and its security apparatus to be dismantled, citing the October 7 attack as the warning.
Israel Gantz, head of the Yesha Council and the Binyamin Regional Council, issued a sharp condemnation Wednesday after the Palestinian Authority's security forces conducted an armed parade in Ramallah marking 'Police Day.' According to a statement published by Gantz, the procession featured hundreds of armed operatives with assault rifles and armored vehicles, minutes from Jerusalem. Gantz described the event not as a civil police march but as a military display, and called for the PA's dismantlement. He noted the PA has an estimated 45,000 armed personnel, and warned that ignoring the reality of PA militarization risks repeating the October 7 attacks.
As The Zioneer previously reported, Gantz has been a vocal critic of any policy that strengthens or legitimizes the Palestinian Authority. In an earlier bulletin (June 23), he sharply criticized former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for remarks seen as supportive of the PA, calling Bennett's proposal—which would effectively endorse a 'terror state' minutes from central Israel—'political suicide.' Defense Minister Israel Katz has similarly argued (June 18) for maintaining an IDF buffer zone rather than relying on PA security guarantees. Gantz's latest remarks come amid ongoing political debate in Israel over the PA's role in the West Bank and its ties to Iran.
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