Palestinian arrested for suspected death threats against settlement leader

Israeli security forces have arrested a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Hebron on suspicion of threatening to murder settlement leader Yossi Dagan.

The suspect is alleged to have written threatening messages on his Facebook page against Dagan, who heads the Samaria Regional Council in the northern West Bank.

“Death to Jews. Will get to you and kill you,” he wrote in one post, according to Channel 12 news.

The suspect has been taken in for questioning following his arrest.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan speaks during a demonstration outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, December 13, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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