Hatzel claims: "They are carrying out a targeted killing against me"

Rapper Yoav Eliasi (Hatzel) published a harsh post against the judicial system, claiming that judges are persecuting him due to his political views, following his loss in the defamation lawsuit against journalist Raviv Drucker and Channel 13.

Rapper and online activist Yoav Eliasi (Hatzel) published a harsh post on social media today against the judicial system, claiming that judges are systematically persecuting him because of his political views. Eliasi described an incident in which a person sent him death threats against him and his children, and after the police complaints were not handled, he published the details of the threatener—and was sued by him for defamation. According to Eliasi, the judge in the case ordered him to pay 5,000 shekels to the plaintiff. The post comes against the backdrop of Eliasi's loss in the defamation lawsuit he filed against journalist Raviv Drucker and Channel 13, where his claim was dismissed and he was ordered to pay costs. Eliasi announced that he would appeal the verdict.