Incoming police spokesperson has close ties to Likud activists, didn’t finish degree — report

Israel Police’s incoming spokesperson Aryeh Doron is closely tied to controversial Likud activists, and only completed half of a social sciences and humanities degree at the Open University, a Channel 12 news investigation finds.

Doron, who will step into the job on Monday, hosted an online panel show called “Political Wednesdays with Aryeh Doron,” where he expressed support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he had enough of the “anyone but Bibi” campaign against him, Channel 12 finds.

Doron hosted several Likud activists, such as Itzik Zarka, who was caught on video last year shouting at anti-judicial overhaul protesters, “Ashkenazim, whores, may you burn in hell,” referring to Jews of Eastern European origin.

Doron only joined the police force three years ago, where he became the police’s point man with the Ethiopian community, the report says. Doron formed close ties with newly appointed police chief, Daniel Levy, and became the spokesperson of the Coastal District.

Channel 12 cites officers who worked with him claiming he was responsible for misconduct in the workplace, and that they “suffered” under him.

אז מי הוא סנ"צ אריה דורון, דובר המשטרה החדש?
התשובה במילה אחת: מהמקפצה.
מדובר באיש ימין די קיצוני (שזה בסדר) ופעיל ליכוד נלהב, שלא לומר ביביסט מסור עם קבלות.
בסרטונים המצורפים תשמעו אותו מפאר ומשבח את המצב המופלא במדינה ערב בחירות 2020. הוא הופיע באולפנים כאיש ליכוד רשמי.
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