Police say they’re probing former PM Barak’s call for widespread civil disobedience
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The Israel Police have opened a probe into former prime minister Ehud Barak over comments he made calling for widespread civil disobedience.
In a letter to right-wing activist Shai Glick, who filed a complaint against Barak, police indicate that they’ve opened a probe into the matter.
Speaking at a protest rally in Tel Aviv last month, Barak reiterated his call for civil disobedience, telling the crowd a mass strike is needed to bring down the government.
Barak told thousands on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv that what is needed is “civil nonviolent noncompliance.” When the Knesset returns from summer break, he said, “the revolt must be extended to a mass strike around the parliament together with opposition leaders until the government falls.”
“The reality in which left-wing people repeatedly incite and rebel and are not even called in for questioning while right-wing people have been sent to prison for much lesser things is delusional and shows selective enforcement,” Glick tells The Times of Israel.
“We demand that the State Attorney’s Office immediately order an indictment against Ehud Barak.”
