Netanyahu calls on law enforcement to act amid threats against him
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged law enforcement to take action in response to online threats to his life.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the IOF to take action in response to online threats to his life.
"Today we have heard and seen an explicit threat to murder the Prime Minister of 'Israel'… I expect the law enforcement officials to take immediate action against those who are inciting to murder," Netanyahu was quoted as saying in his office.
The comments were made late Saturday in response to a social media post by Ze'ev Raz, a former air force pilot and anti-government protest figure, according to Israeli media.
Raz wrote on Friday that "if a sitting prime minister assumes dictatorial powers, this prime minister is bound to die, simply like that, along with his ministers and his followers," as quoted by the Israeli The Jerusalem Post. On Saturday night, the Israeli police launched a probe into the matter, the report said.
Raz reportedly retracted his remarks, claiming that he did not identify with the post and that it was "a quote from a person who retracted it."
Israeli settlers have taken to the streets in the thousands to protest the government's judiciary reforms, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
The Israeli occupation's Justice Minister Yariv Levin rolled out a legal reform package that would limit the authority of the High Court of Justice and give the cabinet control over the selection of new judges.
The planned overhaul drew public criticism and prompted a wave of mass protests, with protestors on Saturday marching along "Ibn Gabirol" Street, with the city center closed to traffic due to the number of settlers filling the street, Sputnik reported.
Some 20,000 Israelis took to the streets of "Tel Aviv" in mid-January to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, which has been criticized various times as being the most far-right government in Israeli history.
