Foreign activist arrested for inciting against Netanyahu

Several days ago, police received a report of an incident near Mitzpeh Yair in the Hebron Hills. Officers from the Hebron station in the Judea district responded and opened an investigation, which revealed that one of those involved in the incident was an anti-Israel activist and among the founders of the MAC student organization, whose stated aims include activity against Israel following the events of October 7.

The investigation also raised suspicion that she supports Addameer, an organization designated as a terror group in 2021.

Following intelligence work by the foreigners desk at the Judea and Samaria District (Shai), police monitored the suspect's social-media posts. Among them, she was documented abroad wearing a shirt bearing an image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a crosshair-like symbol aimed at his head and body.

Last night, officers from the Hebron station arrested the suspect and brought her in for questioning at the police station. During the interrogation, she made claims against Israel including genocide, and stated that as part of her support for the Addameer terror organization, she had come to Israel to intern with the group "and provide legal assistance to Palestinian prisoners held in concentration camps."

At the conclusion of the investigation, the suspect was jailed. This morning, she was transferred to the Population and Immigration Authority for a hearing ahead of her deportation from Israel and a ban on her future entry.

The inciting shirt (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)

Police noted that "this activity is part of cooperation and an effort to thwart provocative activity that includes friction and public-order violations in various locations across Judea and Samaria, incidents that could harm the image of the State of Israel. Since the beginning of 2025 alone, entry has been denied to 160 foreign activists who arrive in the country for these purposes, and more than 60 have been deported from Israel."

Shai District Commander Chief Superintendent Moshe Pinchi: "The Shai District will continue to act decisively to prevent harm to the State of Israel and its image in the world, through the deportation and prevention of entry of foreign nationals, anti-Israel activists, supporters of the enemy and terror, who arrive in the country under the guise of aid and human-rights organizations and work to delegitimize the State of Israel in the world.

"As part of this, the foreigners desk at Shai District headquarters works to prevent the arrival of these activists at friction points with the aim of disrupting public order, while harming IDF soldiers as was done in this case. This is an exceptional case in which, beyond support and identification with terror, there is incitement against a sitting prime minister of Israel, this is crossing a line. The Shai District of the Israel Police will continue to enforce law and order and prevent harm to the State of Israel."