Prison officers tour crocodile farm as Ben Gvir said pushing for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ |
Israel Prison Service officers toured the Hamat Gader crocodile farm in northern Israel on Thursday as they followed up on far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s reported suggestion to jail Palestinian security inmates in a prison inspired by the US “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Hamat Gader CEO Yosi Mousanejad said the delegation was headed by IPS deputy chief Hatem Assam and included several senior officials.
The goal of the visit was “to see, study and hear” about the upkeep of crocodiles in captivity, Mousanejad told the Kan public broadcaster on Friday. “For example, they didn’t know that a crocodile is practically inactive in the winter.”
The Hamat Gader hot springs include a crocodile farm with some 200 crocodiles, and are said to be the largest in the Middle East.
The delegation did not raise the possibility that Hamat Gader would supply crocodiles to surround Ben Gvir’s proposed prison, Mousanejad said.
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