Israel's Ministry of National Security and the Israel Police held a national, inter-agency seminar to prepare for large-scale violent riots, police announced on Thursday. The event was part of the "Eretz Ra'asha 3" exercise.
The seminar was led jointly by the ministry's Senior Division for Security, Emergency and Cyber and the Emergency Department of the Israel Police Operations Division. Participants included senior officials and professionals from the Ministry of National Security, the police General Staff, the Fire and Rescue Commission and the Home Front Command. Representatives of the Shin Bet security agency, the National Security Council, government ministries, local authorities and civilian rescue organizations also took part.
According to the police, the meeting focused on strengthening national preparedness and deepening understanding of how the threat is changing. It also aimed to sharpen the approach to command and control and to build a shared professional language and a coordinated operational response across all security and rescue services.
Academic and security experts gave lectures on the influence of terror organizations on Israel's domestic arena. Participants also carried out an in-depth analysis of lessons from the violent riots that took place in France several weeks ago.
