Sun 12 December 2021:
On Sunday, Israeli officials announced that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family would no longer be guarded.
According to the official KAN channel, a ministerial committee looking into Netanyahu’s request to prolong security protection for him and his family for another six months agreed to cease the agreement as of Monday.
Netanyahu was unseated from the prime minister’s office in June after a constellation of political parties united in their opposition to him succeeded in forming a government without his long-ruling Likud party. The one-time leader, who served as prime minister for 12 consecutive years, is now the opposition leader and continues to have a state-issued security detail.
On Friday, Netanyahu filed a police complaint against what he said incitement to violence against him and his family.
Netanyahu criticised the anticipated decision as political in a Facebook video released Friday, saying there were regular threats made against the lives of his family and that “the writing is on the wall.” He called on members of the committee, which included security officials, not to “abandon the security of my wife and children.”
Last week, the premier-turned opposition leader said he and his family are possible assassination targets from Iran and other hostile countries to Israel.
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