National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responds after the hearing on his case in the High Court of Justice (Binny Ashkenazi)
The Israeli police issued a warning Sunday night that various messages and publications purportedly showing Israelis threatening to harm police officers are fake and apparently part of a foreign country's campaign designed to cause internal strife among the Israeli public. This comes after Minister Ben-Gvir earlier today blamed those who oppose the legal revolution for these publications.
"Following the publications that have been circulating in recent hours on social networks, including thousands of tweets exposing details of police officers and calling for action against them," the police said tonight, "according to the examination of security officials, there is a growing suspicion that it is highly likely that this is a campaign by a foreign country aimed at causing friction among the public."
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Earlier today, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a "screenshot" allegedly showing opponents of the legal revolution publishing the details of a police officer and calling for him to be harmed. Also, in the same screenshot, the police officer is referred to as a "criminal cop."
"Opponents of the reform cross another dangerous red line," Ben-Gvir wrote on Twitter, "In recent days they have been posting pictures of police officers along with their personal phone numbers, they are trying to intimidate police officers and prevent them from carrying out their work, this is a serious and dangerous crossing of the line aimed at harassing and harming police officers and their families, I give full support to the policemen."
Minister Ben-Gvir's tweet of apology (Photo: documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law, section 27A of the Copyright Law)
However, about an hour later, Ben-Gvir retracted his accusations and said that he had been informed by security officials that it was apparently a campaign by a foreign country. "I sincerely hope that these tweets are not among us (even though the involvement of a foreign country is extremely serious) - I will always continue to support police officers in the face of attacks against them," he said in another tweet.
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