President Isaac Herzog urged Israel Police Chief Danny Levy to spare no means when investigating the right-wing rioters who stormed a Reform synagogue in Raanana earlier this week, according to Ynet.
The rioters forced their way inside the synagogue and assaulted people who had gathered Tuesday night to view a screening of a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, lightly injuring four officers and three participants.
According to the unsourced report, the president told Levy that he takes the violence seriously and strongly condemns it. Levy apparently replied to Herzog that he and the police view the incident similarly, and are preparing for the possibility of similar events in the future.
Three rioters were arrested that night. One of the detainees, 20-year-old Ra’anana resident Ofir Reuven, was released to house arrest earlier this week after police requested to keep him in custody for an additional five days, per Ynet.
He was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer from performing his duties.
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