[Opinion. You couldn’t make this sh*t up! Eating Itamar would made even the crocs vomit! What makes this even more absurb is that Nile Crocs are an endangered species!]

Israel advances crocodile plan to stop Palestinian prisoners escaping

Government removes legal protections for Nile crocodiles as Ben Gvir pushes for detention compound ringed by reptiles

Nadav Rapaport in Tel Aviv, Israel

Middle East Eye: 17 July 2026

SOURCE: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-advances-crocodile-prison-plan-palestinian-prisoners

The Israeli government has stripped Nile crocodiles of their protected status, paving the way for a proposal to build a detention facility for Palestinians surrounded by the reptiles, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

Environment Minister Idit Silman signed a decree on Wednesday reclassifying Nile crocodiles as a "specially managed wild animal" - a new legal category that allows the state to keep the animals for security purposes, according to Israeli news site Ynet.

In the decree, Silman said Israel's security forces could now keep crocodiles under specific conditions.

According to Ynet, the move went against the advice of the Environment Ministry's legal adviser and environmental groups.

The decision follows months of pressure from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who in December proposed building a prison encircled by crocodiles.

Where did we see that before ?

Alligator Alcatraz .

32 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

surrounded by the reptiles

Aren't they already ?