Israel clears way for crocodiles to stop prison breaks
- Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has given a new classification to crocodiles, in a move that may allow the reptiles to be deployed for security tasks, such as maintaining security at prisons.
- The country's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reportedly in December proposed using crocodiles around a prison for Palestinian detainees, similar to a US migrant detention center in Florida dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.
- " Ben-Gvir is one of the most radical members of the Israeli governmentImage: Debbie Hill/UPI Photo/IMAGO Nile crocodiles reclassified as securit
Confirmed
- Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has given a new classification to crocodiles, in a move that may allow the reptiles to be deployed for security tasks, such as maintaining security at prisons.
- The country's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reportedly in December proposed using crocodiles around a prison for Palestinian detainees, similar to a US migrant detention center in Florida dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.
- " Ben-Gvir is one of the most radical members of the Israeli governmentImage: Debbie Hill/UPI Photo/IMAGO Nile crocodiles reclassified as securit
Sources: DW