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After rebuke, police say they’re probing threats toward top health official
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Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Israel Police confirm they have opened an investigation into death threats voiced online against the Health Ministry’s head of public health services Sharon Alroy-Preis.
The announcement comes hours after Alroy-Preis’s husband decried police inaction on the threats, which Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has charged were made by anti-vaxxers.
In their statement, police say: “We take a severe view of any publication directed against public servants.
“We will act with all means available to bring the suspects to justice.”
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