Israel’s Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs presented a video at the weekly meeting on Sunday morning of examples of incitement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The brief video with inflammatory words and threats against the premier came a day after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a political rally in Pennsylvania.
The footage featuring the unhinged incitement against PM @netanyahu was presented at the Cabinet meeting pic.twitter.com/JvdOXdnAMx
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The presumptive Republican nominee for the White House was shot in the ear and is recovering.
The FBI identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20.
Netanyahu has faced heated rhetoric against him over the years that has sometimes crossed the line into threats of violence, especially during last year’s judicial reform debate. Recently, the same group of anti-government demonstrators again began demanding his ouster, this time over his management of the war and the hostages held by Hamas.
The video, which was also sent to media outlets, shows protesters and others calling Netanyahu a “traitor,” “Satan” and an “enemy of the people,” among other inflammatory remarks.
After the Cabinet meeting, Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Strock expressed concern about threats to Netanyahu after the Trump shooting.
“I have already sent a letter to the secretary of the Cabinet two weeks ago, asking that the government receive a full briefing from the heads of our enforcement and intelligence agencies as to what has been done in the face of the very specific and very dangerous threats to the life of the prime minister and his family,” Strock told Arutz Sheva.
Strock said that she was afraid that what happened in the United States could also happen in Israel.
“When it comes to right-wing inciters, they immediately say words can kill; when it comes to left-wing inciters, suddenly everyone falls silent. This cannot go on, it is dangerous and important that we discuss it and get clarifications, better a day early than a day late, lest it be too late, God forbid.”
