Netanyahu claims AG not taking alleged threats against him seriously

Prime Minister Netanyahu says he has sent a letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit accusing him of ignoring alleged threats against the premier and his family.

“Your futility in light of the calls to murder me and my family and the rape threats against my wife is nothing less than scandalously allowing the spilling of our blood,” Netanyahu writes in the letter, according to a statement.

He also claims: “We’ve seen the lighting speed in which you deal with every complaint of supposed harm, even the most minimal, to your associates or people in your office.”

Netanyahu has recently inveighed against an alleged rise in threats against him on social media, some of which later turned out to have been posted by fake Facebook accounts. His complaints have coincided with ongoing protests against him due to his indictment on corruption charges and handling of the coronavirus pandemic. There have also been threats and even violence against anti-Netanyahu protesters, only some of which the premier has condemned.

Netanyahu and his allies have also frequently lashed out at Mandelblit, who was the prime minster’s choice for attorney general, for having indicted him in a series of graft cases.