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Suspect arrested for online incitement to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA resident of central Israel has been arrested on suspicion of incitement to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israel Police force says.
The suspect was arrested for publishing incitement to terrorism on Telegram, including incitement against Netanyahu.
He was arrested at the end of an investigation by the Shin Bet and the cyber branch of the Israel Police’s Lahav 433.
Police did not elaborate on the specific content that the suspect posted.
Netanyahu and other senior lawmakers have been the target of numerous threats in recent years amid an increasingly tense political climate.
In February, a man was arrested in Beersheba on suspicion of “serious incitement to murder” the prime minister, as well.
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