One of the three suspects arrested by Israeli police for allegedly firing flares at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence helped lead a left-wing protest movement against the government’s judicial reforms last year.
As the Jerusalem Post reported, two flares were fired at the Caesaria home on Saturday night, causing fires nearby.
Netanyahu was not home. (The home was also hit by a Hezbollah drone several weeks ago in an unrelated attack.
The Times of Israel reported Wednesday local time:
One of them is Rear Adm. (res.) Ofer Doron, a former senior Navy officer who announced last year that he would no longer show up for volunteer reservist duty in protest of the government’s controversial judicial overhaul plan, and was suspended from the reserves in response.
The other two suspects are named as Amir Sadeh and Itai Yafeh, both longtime anti-government…