Police interrogated a man in his 70s on suspicion of attacking right-wing provocateur Hadar Muchtar during a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night.
The man, a Tel Aviv resident in his 70s, was summoned for questioning at the Lev Tel Aviv police station and released on restrictive conditions after the interrogation.
The suspect is a professor at Ben Gurion University, according to Hebrew outlets.
Muchtar filed a police complaint and uploaded footage of the incident to her social media a day later, in which the man is heard calling her a “miserable bitch” in a crowd of demonstrators in Habima Square.
He appears to try to snatch her microphone from her, leading to a brief confrontation that bystanders attempt to de-escalate. “Are you insane?” she repeatedly shouts at the man.
Muchtar, a well-known TikTok personality, is known for frequenting anti-government protests to argue with participants.
Last month, police detained an 80-year-old man on suspicion of sexual harassment after he was filmed making vulgar remarks to her during another protest.
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