“After a resident of the central Israeli town of Givatayim posted a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his Facebook account, a police officer came to his home and told him to delete it, claiming that it qualifies as incitement, although he did not have authority to do so” Haartez reported Friday.
Israeli posts photo of Netanyahu. Cop arrives at his home, tells him to take it down https://t.co/9TXpFBH74z
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 31, 2020
“The picture in question was part of an exhibition by photographer Alex Levac, and shows Netanyahu raising his right arm in a way that resembles a Nazi salute. In response, the police said that while they ‘respect free speech,’ they must investigate complaints of incitement and calls for violence. Sagi Haber, 50, posted the picture to his Facebook account, along with the caption ‘A brand for idiots’. One person who replied to Haber’s post told him that he had reported him to the police. Half an hour after the comment was posted – and an hour after the post itself went up – a district police officer arrived at Haber’s house to demand he delete the picture immediately, saying it qualifies as incitement.”