Eisenkot demands police launch probe into politically motivated assault of Yashar! party activist

Yashar Party chairman Gadi Eisenkot has called on Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Danny Levi to launch an immediate investigation into the assault of a 76-year-old party activist. Ilan Mans, who heads the party’s Mevaseret Zion branch, is currently hospitalized and underwent neurological surgery following the attack last week.

Mans was reportedly assaulted near the Hemed Interchange on Highway 1 after he attempted to remove a banner advocating for the release of Yigal Amir, the assassin of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Footage from the incident shows Mans being surrounded and attacked after falling to the ground. He was subsequently taken to Hadassah-University Medical Center in Ein Kerem, where doctors treated him for bleeding in his brain.

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Violence of this kind, 84 days before election day, could be a grave indication of what awaits us during this period and cannot be tolerated.

In a letter to Commissioner Levi, Eisenkot emphasized the severity of the incident, stating that "Violence of this kind, 84 days before election day, could be a grave indication of what awaits us during this period and cannot be tolerated." He urged for a "comprehensive, thorough and rapid" investigation, demanding the swift arrest and prosecution of those responsible.

Eisenkot stressed the importance of authorities sending a clear message against political violence, particularly during the ongoing election campaign. This incident follows a similar display of a banner calling for Amir's release at the same interchange in late June, indicating a potential pattern of provocative actions.

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comprehensive, thorough and rapid