'Go out with weapons': Police arrest suspect who called for civil war
The suspect was arrested following the destruction of the buildings on suspicion that he had incited violence.
The Israel Police arrested a resident of Tuba-Zanghariya in northern Israel who called for a “civil war” against police officers who entered the town to carry out operations there, the police said on Tuesday.
“Go out. Go out with the weapons – go out. A civil war is happening today,” the resident in his 40s said in a voice message posted to social media groups.
The police were operating in the area to enforce the orders to demolish structures in the town that had been built illegally by a crime family, police said.
The suspect was arrested following the destruction of the buildings on suspicion that he had incited violence.
Inciting to violence
Tuba-Zanghariya is a Bedouin town created by a merger of two villages. Its population is approximately 6,900, according to the National Insurance Institute.
