Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday ordered a crackdown on far-right activists in the West Bank and approved a range of sweeping policy changes, among them an increase in restraining orders.
The move came after a number of physical attacks by extremists against security forces in the West Bank, as well as violent threats, including one this week wishing death to IDF soldiers who evacuate illegal Jewish homes in the territories.
There has also been an increase in attacks on Palestinians during this year's olive harvest.
The right-wing group Women in Green said that decision moved Israel one step further toward becoming a police state.
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