Deputy Major General Ze'ev Raz, who led the formation that attacked the reactor in Iraq, was summoned this morning (Sunday) for questioning at Lahav Unit 433 on suspicion of incitement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On his Facebook account Raz wrote, among other things: "We also need to have a persecuting law" and added that "a prime minister who takes dictatorial powers is a son of death."
The post was later deleted.
In a conversation with Israel Hayom, the former fighter pilot said that the things he published were a quote from Dr. Avshalom Elitzur (a lecturer at Tel Aviv University), and that he retracted the words and therefore deleted the post he published. Raz wrote on his Facebook: "I do not identify With this post and with the spirit of things."
Just before leaving for Israel, Netanyahu addressed the statements and said that "borders are crossed every day - we heard an explicit threat to assassinate a prime minister. I know there is a debate about what endangers democracy, but this is not something that is subject to debate - this is a real danger to democracy."
According to him, "I expect the law enforcement agencies to act against those who incite and threaten murder, and I also expect the leaders of the opposition to speak with the same firmness that I spoke against statements made against them."
Yesterday evening, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar spoke with Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai due to the increase in violent and inciting discourse against elected officials in general and against Prime Minister Netanyahu in particular. According to the organization's statement, in recent days an increase in the scope and severity of public statements calling for physical harm and violence against Netanyahu has been detected and other elected officials.
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