AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Israeli police arrested an elderly woman two weeks ago on suspicion of plotting to attack prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an explosive device, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported Wednesday.
The suspect, a resident of central parts of the occupied territories, was involved in a conspiracy to carry out a bomb attack targeting the prime minister, according to the report.
She was interrogated by Israeli police and the Shin Bet domestic spy agency before being released under an order to stay away from the prime minister’s office and other regime buildings, KAN said.
Details of the case have been kept under wraps. The suspect is expected to be formally charged with “criminal and terrorism-related offenses” on Thursday.
Netanyahu’s popularity rate has been plummeting fast over the consequences of the Gaza carnage he launched in 2023
In a recent development, more than 200 students from Netanyahu’s former high school in Pennsylvania have petitioned to oust him from their hall of fame.
The students submitted a petition to the Cheltenham High Alumni Association last month to have a photo of the alumnus removed from the school’s hall of fame, the New York Times reported.
The campaigning students cited Netanyahu’s arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which accuses him of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, as well his indictment on corruption charges in the occupied territories.
The New York Times reported that students sent an email to the alumni association that read: “When students see these alumni on the wall of fame as we walk past every day, we understand that these are people we should look up to, and we strive to be like them one day.
“As such, we feel it is not right for him [Netanyahu] to continue to be recognized in our school.”