A close aide to Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu filed a complaint with the police on Wednesday over a Twitter post calling for the former prime minister to be killed.
Netanyahu's chief of staff Tzachi Braverman, who has also served as cabinet secretary under the erstwhile premier, presented to the police a screengrab of a post shared under the handle J&P, saying "someone should kill this man before it is too late" attached to an article about the Likud leader.
Braverman claimed the post posed a clear danger to Netanyahu and follows numerous threats made in the past against the former prime minister and his family.
"Unfortunately, most threats were not investigated," Braverman said.
Last month, the Be'er Sheva District Court raised the prison sentence of a man who made similar threats against the opposition leader from eight to 13 months.
In his ruling, the judge said that any threat to interfere in the democratic process must be dealt with forcefully. "Punishment for such offenses must include incarceration and must be seen as a warning to others who may consider similar acts," he said.
Last month, Israel's prosecution indicted a woman from Ashdod, for sending death threats to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's wife and son, containing live bullets.
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Ilana Saporta Haniya, who suspected of sending death threats to Bennett's wife and son, in court
(Photo: Moti Kimchi)
Also last month, the police arrested a woman on suspicion of sending death threats to the wife and son of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The woman was identified as Ilana Saporta Haniya, a staunch supporter of Netanyahu and his Likud party. She denied any wrongdoing.
First published: 10:25, 06.01.22