Investigators in the State Attorney’s Office are probing police officers who arrested a civics teacher last week after he shouted at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a Hebrew University graduation ceremony.
Alec Yefremov was escorted out of the event Thursday by campus security guards after he yelled at the far-right minister, calling him a “racist” and “Kahanist” who is “responsible for so much death.”
He was detained after being removed from the event by campus security. Police who accompanied Ben Gvir to the ceremony allegedly cuffed his hands and feet, took him into custody and subjected him to a strip search for no clear reason.
Yefremov, who lives in Tel Aviv, has been summoned to give testimony tomorrow before investigators in the Department for Internal Police Investigations, which probes officers suspected of criminal offenses.
A spokesman for the agency tells The Times of Israel that investigators are waiting on Yefremov’s testimony before naming the exact suspicions or number of suspects involved in the case.
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