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Government funding for Egged bus security came to an end:

A day after Israel Police Chief Insp.-Gen. David Cohen declared that the security situation of 2007-2008 would not return to that of 2001-2002, a unit founded to protect the public during the darkest days of the Second Intifada closed its doors on Monday.

Following a decision justified by the government as saving tens of millions of shekels, the Magen Unit, established to protect public transportation users, will be discontinued.