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\"\"<\/a>Netanyahu slams \u2018explicit threat\u2019 by protest leader to murder him<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Former IAF pilot Ze’ev Raz wrote, \u201cIf a prime minister rises and assumes dictatorial powers, he is a dead man, it\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

A rally in Tel Aviv against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, Jan. 21, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night harshly criticized what he said was a \u201cgrowing wave\u201d of threats directed at himself and other officials, after a leader of the anti-government protests appeared to call for his assassination.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed that all boundaries had been crossed by threats against elected officials and myself, but this is not the case, because we have now heard and seen an explicit threat to murder the prime minister of Israel,\u201d said Netanyahu in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s remarks came after former Israeli Air Force pilot Ze\u2019ev Raz wrote on Facebook on Friday that, \u201cIf a prime minister rises and assumes dictatorial powers, he is a dead man, it\u2019s that simple\u2026. There\u2019s an obligation to kill them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Raz, who flew one of the fighter jets that bombed Sadam Hussein\u2019s nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981, has long been a figurehead in the anti-Netanyahu protest movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know that there is a debate over what endangers democracy, but this is not something that is subject to dispute\u2014this truly endangers democracy,\u201d said Netanyahu on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI expect the law enforcement and security officials, who spoke out so clearly and sharply during the tenure of the previous government about phenomena that were much less serious, to come out\u2014with the same severity and clarity\u2014 against this. I expect the law enforcement officials to take immediate action against those who are inciting to murder, and I expect the leaders of the opposition to speak out as vigorously and as strongly as I did,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, police said on Saturday night that they had opened a probe into Raz on \u201csuspicion of incitement and threats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said, \u201cI instructed the police to treat incitement that comes from left in the same way as if it came from the right. If a \u2018hilltop youth\u2019 [in Judea and Samaria] had written similar or even less serious things than he would have been arrested and placed in a detention center.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n