The Tel Aviv University scholar said that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir “armed the lunatics; I hope our side is stockpiling weapons too.”
The Israel Police on Thursday asked the Acre Magistrate’s Court to extend by six days the detention of Yolanda Yavor, who was arrested the previous night on suspicion of incitement to violence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The graduate research assistant at Tel Aviv University allegedly posted a series of inciting remarks on social media. It is unclear which post led to her arrest, but on Sept. 10, Yavor shared a Facebook video of protesters setting the private residence of Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on fire, accompanied by the writing in Hebrew, “This is the way.”
A police source told broadcaster Channel 14, “The suspect’s activity has been monitored for some time, and we are aware of all the violent and inciting discourse she publishes. It is important to remember that in the State of Israel there is a fine line separating incitement from freedom of expression, and therefore we waited for a moment when it would be easier to prove to the prosecution that there is indeed a real danger and threat.”