JERUSALEM: Israeli police say they are investigating graffiti found in central Israel containing hate speech against the rustic's president.
Overnight on Wednesday, vandals sprayed graffiti against President Reuven Rivlin within the mostly ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak calling him an "apostate and a Nazi."
It follows his deal with to parliament this week in which Rivlin, who holds a mostly ceremonial position, accused the federal government of delegitimizing vital democratic establishments as part of a campaign to stifle opposition. It marked a blunt rebuke of his former political home - the ruling Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and sparked an angry retort from a number of individuals.
Opposition lawmakers blamed the fiery rhetoric of Likud lawmakers - the very kind Rivlin spoke out against - of inciting a climate of violence.
Overnight on Wednesday, vandals sprayed graffiti against President Reuven Rivlin within the mostly ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak calling him an "apostate and a Nazi."
It follows his deal with to parliament this week in which Rivlin, who holds a mostly ceremonial position, accused the federal government of delegitimizing vital democratic establishments as part of a campaign to stifle opposition. It marked a blunt rebuke of his former political home - the ruling Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and sparked an angry retort from a number of individuals.
Opposition lawmakers blamed the fiery rhetoric of Likud lawmakers - the very kind Rivlin spoke out against - of inciting a climate of violence.
After speech, Israeli president termed 'Nazi' in graffiti
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