TA police investigating death threat against Lapid
Anonymous Facebook user writes: "It's too bad you're going up against Netanyahu - you'll end up like Rabin."
By YAAKOV LAPPINYair Lapid 311(photo credit: Courtesy)Former anchorman and future politician Yair Lapid's campaign received a shock Wednesday when police said they were investigating a death threat on his Facebook page.A Tel Aviv fraud unit police spokesman said Lapid filed a complaint at a Tel Aviv area police station.RELATED:Editorial: The Lapid EffectYair Lapid rejects calls to join KadimaAccording to Army Radio, the anonymous Facebook user calling himself Aleph posted in broken Hebrew: "You're an anti-Semite that hates Israel. It's too bad you're going up against [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu - you'll end up like [assassinated prime minister Yitzhak] Rabin."While the author's threats were direct - he also wrote "I'd like to kill you" - he later retracted, deleting the post and writing "This was not incitement to violence."Lapid's sudden announcement that he would leave his job in journalism to join the political realm sent shock-waves through the political scene, bringing praise and criticism by both the Right and Left.While some fear his presence poses a threat to Netanyahu, polls have shown that he may actually do more damage to Kadima in a future election.
