President Herzog referred in a statement to publications about threats to assassinate the Prime Minister, and expressed severe shock at the events.

President Isaac Herzog issued a statement this evening in which he expressed bewilderment and shock at the reports about plans by a left-wing protester to assassinate the Prime Minister. Herzog was furious that "we have learned nothing" in direct reference to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

In the past week, Shin Bet forces arrested a woman who was involved in planning a violent attack against Prime Minister Netanyahu. The details were located, and the charges included planning to assassinate Netanyahu using an explosive device, or RPG in what is described as planning an assassination in the style of a suicide attack.