Far-right Jewish extremist discovers her biological parents are Muslim
Or Leibler, a member of a Jewish supremacist group who describes herself as a ‘proud.
Or Leibler, a member of a Jewish supremacist group who describes herself as a 'proud Jew,' forced to reevaluate beliefs after making unexpected discovery
Israelis wave national flags during a Jerusalem Day march, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Saturday said he will demand a right-wing nationalist parade through Jerusalem’s Old City be called off if it “requires extraordinary security measures and endangers public order and diplomatic processes.”
The controversial march is set to take place in Jerusalem’s Old City on June 10, after police canceled the annual Jerusalem Day march mid-event May 10 when Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward the city.
Gantz released the statement following a meeting with the military and police chiefs, the attorney general, and other top security officials. The defense minister said he stressed to all officials present the need for responsible, sensitive behavior. Notably absent from the meeting was Public Security Minister Amir Ohana of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, whose office oversees police.
It was not clear who had initiated the account closures.
Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, said in a response to Channel 12 that it “suspends accounts that do not comply with our policies in order to prevent infringement in accordance with our policies or local law,” but did not give any specific information about the Otzma Yehudit activists’ accounts.
The Justice Ministry told Channel 12 that it was not behind the request to close down the accounts on WhatsApp, although it noted that it had made similar requests to other social media platforms.
MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (front), head of the Jewish extremist Otzma Yehudit party, with Bentzi Goptein, head of the extreme-right Lehava group, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on May 6, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)