From IDF spokesperson gets bodyguard due to death threats after spat with settler leader
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Incoming IDF Spokesperson Ran Kochav speaks during a ceremony at the IDF Spokesperson's Unit's headquarters in northern Tel Aviv on June 6, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces decide to step up security for military spokesperson Ran Kochav after he receives a slew of death threats online.
Kochav will be accompanied by a bodyguard during all excursions out of his office, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
The threats started after Kochav was targeted by a hardline settler leader, Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan, who accused him of turning the Spokesperson’s Unit into an “extreme leftist party.”
The incident began after an assistant to Likud MK Nir Barkat published photos of tweets from the personal accounts of several soldiers in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit that included criticism of “the occupation” and of incoming premier Benjamin Netanyahu.
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