'Hamas agent in IDF uniform': Israeli arrested for threatening IDF's Druze COGAT chief - Danielle Greyman Kennard

 

​ by Danielle Greyman Kennard

The suspect posted on Facebook that Alian was "a strategic security threat to the State of Israel at the level of a ticking bomb…” and “Ghassan Alian is a Hamas agent in an IDF uniform!"

 

A Tiberias resident in his 50s was arrested after issuing threats against Druze IDF official and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian on Sunday night, Israel Police announced on Monday morning.

The suspect posted on Facebook that the COGAT chief was "a strategic security threat to the State of Israel at the level of a ticking bomb…” and “Ghassan Alian is a Hamas agent in an IDF uniform!"

In another post, he wrote the official was "a Hamas terrorist Nazi in an IDF uniform who armed Hamas and Fatah in Gaza and Judea and Samaria with hundreds of thousands of weapons and ammunition in order to destroy the State of Israel for tens of billions of shekels to pocket." 

A Tiberius resident in his 50s was arrested after issuing threats against Druze IDF Major General Ghassan Alian on Sunday night (credit: FACEBOOK)

He added, "Pray for the death of Ghassan Alian."

In a third post, he wrote: "A thief, a rapist, a terrorist, a criminal, a pervert of Jews is destroyed, Ghassan Alian is a ticking bomb that threatens the lives...”

Without providing the evidence, the suspect posted he had photos and recordings proving Alian had received “bribes in huge sums in exchange for 'coordinating' the import of goods and ‘equipment’ to Hamas-Gaza, entry permits to Israel…” 

המשטרה עצרה תושב הצפון בשנות ה-50 לחייו שאיים והסית בתקופה האחרונה ברשתות החברתיות נגד מתאם פעולות הממשלה בשטחים אלוף רסאן עליאן. גם אני נחשפתי לתכנים, אמירות קשות וחסרות טעם נגד אלוף מכהן בצה"ל, מח"ט גולני לשעבר שנפצע קשה וחזר לשרת את המדינה.

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In the same post, the suspect claimed half of Tiberias’s police force were terrorists and the wider Israel Police was corrupt.

The Northern District Police recently received reports of the posts and determined that the content contained a threat against a senior security official.

After opening an investigation, it was decided that the content posted constituted a crime and that the suspect had issued threats.

The suspect will appear before the Tiberias Magistrate's Court on Monday, as the police seek an extension of his detention.

Condemning threats against IDF official Alian

Attorney Moti Melnik, representing the public defender's office, said,  "This is a normative guy. He claims he had no intention of harming the officer and that the publications were part of a social protest activity and within the framework of freedom of expression."

However, Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned the comments, asserting they were ”serious threats directed at Maj.-Gen. Alian and the incitement and defamation...violence and threats against IDF officers and members of the security establishment are a criminal act and a red line that must not be crossed under any circumstances - certainly not in the days when our fighters and commanders carry Israel's security on their shoulders," Katz added.

"I support Ghassan and emphasize that we will not tolerate any attempt to harm or threaten those who dedicate their lives to the security of the State of Israel. I congratulate the Israel Police officers who arrested the suspect and expect the enforcement authorities to bring him to justice."

Danielle Greyman Kennard

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-879589

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