Anti-government activist arrested after calling for forcible removal of ‘traitor’ Netanyahu
Tel Aviv University lecturer said it was time for 'real rebellion' against the government, tells PM: 'We're coming for you'; police accuse her of inciting violence
Police on Friday arrested anti-government activist Yolanda Yavor, a Tel Aviv University lecturer from Or Akiva, for social media posts allegedly inciting violence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others.
“The only choice is to be — that is, to fight the traitor, the mouthpieces, the damned collaborators and his bargain-bin Freikorps militias with all the strength and all means — or not to be,” she wrote on Facebook.
“Make the right choice, my brothers and sisters,” she said. “There won’t be another round.”
“We said ‘Democracy or rebellion,’ remember?” she added, referencing a popular chant at pro-democracy protests. “So rebellion it is. But a real one, like one imported from Romania, not AliExpress-meets-Kaplan.”
She hashtagged “Dictators are not overthrown at the ballot box,” “Netanyahu is a traitor,” and “We’re coming for you.”
Yavor, a lecturer in TAU’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, will be brought before a judge tomorrow at the Haifa Magistrate’s Court, with police seeking to extend her remand by five days.
Yavor was previously arrested for allegedly inciting against Netanyahu in September.
At the time, she shared a video of the torching of the home of the Nepali prime minister and wrote a message encouraging such an act against Netanyahu. A judge suggested Yavor remove the post, to which she agreed, and she was sent to house arrest for several days, under restrictions.