Coalition lawmakers receive envelopes with suspicious substances

Coalition lawmakers receive envelopes with suspicious substances

Several coalition lawmakers were sent envelopes containing suspicious substances this week. The post Coalition lawmakers receive envelopes with suspicious substances appeared first on Jerusalem World News.

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Israeli police have instructed Knesset members not to open any letters they receive and have referred the matter for investigation.

The unusual incident began this morning (Thursday) with a report of an envelope containing suspicious material at the police station in Rosh Pina. Since then, there have been a large number of reports of Knesset members receiving a similar envelope, including a number of ultra-Orthodox Knesset members. One of them, Knesset member Yaakov Usher, announced in a spokeswomen's message a short time ago that he had received a suspicious envelope and h…

In a statement released by Ariel Kellner, he described the move as an "act of terror" and declared: "I am not afraid." He added that: "The insane incitement against the prime minister, backed by the attorney general, has spilled the blood of coalition members." This is the seventh case of a suspicious envelope being sent to public figures.