Rothman says he received a ‘suspicious envelope,’ accuses Shin Bet of not doing job

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman announces that he has received a “suspicious envelope” and accuses the Shin Bet security service of falling down on the job.

“I have been walking around with security at the highest threat level in the country for over a year,” he posts on X. “Yesterday I received another suspicious envelope in a series, after many coalition members and their families have already received two rounds (this is my second round as well).”

Earlier this month, police announced that they were investigating several threatening letters that were sent to elected officials and their families. According to Channel 12, these included Likud MK Shalom Danino and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Roth.

“The Shin Bet, which is supposed to ensure, among other things, that the democratic process is not harmed and that government officials and their families are not threatened in their homes and at work, is busy persecuting hilltop youths and threatening police officers who do not cooperate with its persecution,” Rothman declares.

Rothman, the chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, then turns to Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, who Sunday evening called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt incitement against Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar before it leads to “political murder.”

“And Yair Lapid, the man who screamed at the top of his lungs ‘you will get war,’ talked about barricading himself with an M-16 to fight his brothers, and pours out poison and incitement in unimaginable quantities, dares to warn about the discourse? About the style? About the incitement?”

Asked during an interview on Kan if he would continue living in Israel even if it becomes more right wing and “messianic,” Lapid last November joked that he would “barricade myself on the roof with an M-16.” The following month, during a protest in Tel Aviv, Lapid yelled: “Do you want war? You will get war. You will lose, we will not surrender.”