Tel Aviv fraud investigators began looking into the sources of the letters last month after Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz each received strongly worded letters threatening them with death “at the hands of heaven.”
In many of her letters the woman spoke about the small town in Poland where she was born. This led police investigators to solicit help from the Yad VaShem Holocaust museum in locating the woman.
When the police asked her if she was behind them she readily admitted that she spends 12 to 16 hours a day writing the letters – which she says are therapeutic for her. The woman has been writing such letters to public figures for the past 14 years, but her threats had been dismissed until the recent media interest against government ministers.
Actual concrete threats against members of the government have been dismissed by the GSS, the security body enlisted with protecting government officials and evaluating threats against them. Several of the “attacks” reported in recent weeks have consisted of merely raised voices and insults.
In many of her letters the woman spoke about the small town in Poland where she was born. This led police investigators to solicit help from the Yad VaShem Holocaust museum in locating the woman.
When the police asked her if she was behind them she readily admitted that she spends 12 to 16 hours a day writing the letters – which she says are therapeutic for her. The woman has been writing such letters to public figures for the past 14 years, but her threats had been dismissed until the recent media interest against government ministers.
Actual concrete threats against members of the government have been dismissed by the GSS, the security body enlisted with protecting government officials and evaluating threats against them. Several of the “attacks” reported in recent weeks have consisted of merely raised voices and insults.