Ben Gvir asks police to 'protect Jewish communities outside of Israel'

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has asked police to draw up plans to create emergency security response teams to protect Jewish communities and institutions around the world. 

"Diaspora Jews are currently suffering from a harsh wave of antisemitism in communities and on campuses in the US, Europe, and around the world," Ben Gvir said, according to a report in Israeli media network Arutz Sheva on Wednesday.

"I asked the police commissioner to draft a plan to aid in the creation of local response teams that will protect Jewish communities and institutions overseas, through professional tutelage, including a training program and technological solutions for security." 

He added that the plans would be "in cooperation with the local police and relevant authorities". 

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