Israel to France: 'Do It Our Way, Security over Human Rights'

In light of the terror attacks in Paris, the Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that like his country and the United States, France and European nations must now favor security measures, wiretapping civilians and “eavesdropping on potential terrorists” over human rights.

"In the United States until the events of September 11, [2001], the balance between security and human rights favored human rights on the issue, for example of eavesdropping on potential terrorists," he said Sunday night on the local Israeli Army Radio.

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Calling Israel a “democracy,” Ya'alon said that his country was “experienced in fighting terrorism, used to it. The Western democracies in Europe will apparently need to include such steps in their countries too to defend themselves."

The head of the Israeli military said France has not yet been spying on it citizens, further predicting that this was about to change in France and elsewhere in Europe following the Paris attacks.

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"Countries fighting terrorism have no alternative in this other than shifting in the direction of security. I assume that we will see a large number of steps [to carry out] inspections: passport inspections, inspections at the entrance to public places."

The defense minister also said France might also pass a law similar to the Patriot Act in the U.S. allowing wiretaps, monitoring of potential lone wolf terrorist suspects and searches of business records.

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In a veiled criticism of Europe and its non-draconian policies toward its citizens, Ya'alon said France and Europe have now “understood that there is a danger, but there are have been steps that they should have taken previously that have not been taken.” His comments to the local Israeli radio were picked up by French media.

His comments came hours before Israeli military shot dead three Palestinians in Qalandiya refugee camp as Israeli forces attempted to raze the house of a suspected Palestinian attacker.

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The latest killings come amid weeks of unrest and clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in the West Bank that have left more than 80 Palestinians dead since Oct. 1.

The anti-occupation unrest is the result of the repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Muslim holy site located in occupied East Jerusalem, by Israeli settlers and soldiers.

The defense minister seemed almost bitter about the European attitude toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which at times criticizes Israel for its occupation and its illegal settlement policy.

"[W]hen foreign ministers come, they speak with us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as if that is the source of all the world's problems," he said.

Just last week, the European Union issued new guidelines for labeling all products coming from the illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West bank in Palestine and the Golan heights in Syria, a move that was described as “antisemitism” and politically motivated by Israeli officials.

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