Public Security Minister Amir Ohana (Likud), who oversees the police, condemns the left-wing protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence on Tuesday.
“What we saw yesterday was anarchy,” he says, calling the demonstrators “agents of chaos seeking to sow panic and venom in the public.”
Ohana claims the “incitement” against former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in the run-up to his murder pales in comparison to the threats against Netanyahu.
Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by a far-right Jewish extremist.
Tuesday night’s rally ended with clashes between police and protesters and with 50 demonstrators arrested. Most have since been freed.
Speaking to reporters, Ohana also says he’ll name a candidate for permanent police commissioner within 30 days.
He also condemns police violence against protesters and says the force has “what to fix” to correct the issue.
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