Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg, March 10, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg took her family out of their home Tuesday following a string of threats against her and her baby daughter, in the wake of false information published about her proposed legislation to restrict the proselytizing of minors.
The threats came amid protests outside Zandberg’s Tel Aviv home and as other politicians set to become ministers in the so-called change government to be headed by Yamina head Naftali Bennett have been targeted by right-wing activists.
Zandberg, who has been tapped to be environmental protection minister in the prospective coalition, which has yet to be finalized, came under attack after an article on the right-wing news bulletin 0404 site falsely claimed that her bill called for imprisoning Chabad members who offer children to tefillin (phylacteries) to don.