A 27-year-old woman was arrested and jailed on Friday for throwing sand at Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on a beach in Tel Aviv.
Noa Goldenberg was jailed at Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramla, with a court set to hear her case on Motzei Shabbos.
Police said they were “taking the offense of assaulting a public servant extremely seriously and working to bring the suspect to justice.”
The suspect’s mother posted a picture of her daughter in a holding cell at a Tel Aviv police station prior to her being moved to Ramla.
“The dictatorship’s police chose without justification to risk the life of my daughter who suffers from a chronic illness, and is leaving her in detention,” Sharon Goldenberg wrote on X.
The suspect was detained Friday afternoon at Geula Beach, where Ben-Gvir was visiting with his family.
During the visit, a bystander harassed the minister, calling him a “murderer” for refusing to capitulate to Hamas’s demands in ongoing hostages-for-ceasefire negotiations.
“I arrived today for a few hours with my family at the beach in Tel Aviv and was received by bathers with great warmth,” Ben-Gvir wrote on X. “A handful of left-wing protesters started shouting at me and calling on me to leave. Their right, this is freedom of speech, but the beach does not belong to them.
“At the same time, I thank the police and security guards who acted decisively to arrest a woman who threw sand at me and in the direction of my small children. Violence is a red line,” added the minister.
On Wednesday, Education Minister Yoav Kisch was escorted by police from a school in Kibbutz Kfar Menachem, as protesters demanding action on captives pursued him during his visit.
“For shame, you are destroying the country,” demonstrators shouted as the minister was led away by officers.
Police arrested two people for assault and attempted assault.
Kisch labeled the incident as “political” and accused the demonstrators of playing into the hands of Hamas.
(JNS)