Noa Goldenberg, suspected of throwing sand at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on the beach in Tel Aviv, is seen after a police investigation in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
A Tel Aviv woman who was released to house arrest last night after she was arrested and held overnight for allegedly assaulting National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir with wet sand has been questioned again by police.
Noa Goldenberg, 27, has acknowledged being at the beach during the minister’s visit on Friday but denied the allegations against her.
Speaking to reporters outside the Tel Aviv police station, Goldenberg’s husband Tomer says that his wife is not connected to anti-government protests.
Noa Goldenberg, suspected of throwing sand at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on the beach in Tel Aviv, is seen with her husband Noam after a police investigation in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
“Noa did not want all this fuss around her. She is not well. We hope it will pass and end as soon as possible,” he is quoted as saying by the Ynet News site.
During her remand hearing last night, a few hundred activists gathered outside the court to protest Goldenberg’s arrest. Her detention and the subsequent decision to hold her in custody while leaving her family in the dark had sparked accusations of police overreach and abuse of power by Ben Gvir, who oversees the force.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you, David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
