Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid warned that Netanyahu is mounting a plot to assassinate senior government officials, including Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar & attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara. He points to numerous social media posts calling for their murder.
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US ambassador praises Israel’s ‘relatively calm’ actions in Gaza, leaves out slain Palestinians
Nides did not mention the 49 Gazans, among them 17 children, killed by Israeli missile strikes in those “relatively calm” three days in August. (Nides is a lifelong Israel partisan who was a top executive at a firm that helped precipitate the 2007–08 financial crisis)