Police have summoned right-wing activist and provocateur Mordechai David, who blocked the cars of a former Supreme Court president and an ex-prime minister, Hebrew media reports.
There is no formal comment from police. The summoning for questioning comes hours after multiple reports said that police had canceled their investigation.
Last night, David and a number of other activists blocked the car of former prime minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv.
Last week, David and others blocked former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak from driving away from a Tel Aviv parking lot outside a conference where he spoke.
According to Hebrew media, David was to be interrogated alongside several other men on suspicion of disturbing public order after they stood in front of the 89-year-old retired judge’s car while David lambasted him as a “dictator” and “criminal.”
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