Overview

• The Jerusalem District Prosecution filed a threats charge on Friday against the 36-year-old, and the court kept him in custody until Sunday.
• According to the indictment, he went to Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s home, submitted a note requesting a din rodef ruling, and wrote he would kill Gali Baharav-Miara if three senior rabbis consented.
• Rabbi Yosef’s office relayed the warning to the Religious Services Ministry, which alerted police, leading to an arrest at the suspect’s home within hours and the seizure of phones and computers.
• Police say the suspect admitted he was seeking permission to kill the Attorney General, while the magistrate judge suggested he may have intended only to frighten her; the court has barred publication of his name.
• Authorities highlight the gravity of invoking din rodef, a doctrine previously cited to justify deadly political violence in Israel.