Uri Ariel touring Bedouin-populated region
Uri Ariel touring Bedouin-populated regionMinister's Spokesman

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel apologized this afternoon (Monday) for the violent incidents in Umm Alhiran that killed a teacher and a policeman from the illegal Bedouin settlement.

During a visit to Rahat, Ariel said, "If we had a mishap in Umm Alhiran I apologize profoundly and deeply. There were serious mistakes here."

Initially the incident during which a policeman was run over to death and the driver shot dead was classified by the police and the other authorities as a terror attack.

However, following the police investigation a series of doubts regarding what really happened at the incident arose, obscuring whether this was indeed a terrorist attack.

Translated by Mordechai Sones