Israeli soldier nabbed for threatening leftist candidates

Israeli military police have arrested a soldier who made online threats against left-wing candidates vying in Tuesday's election, local media has reported.

The arrest came after the soldier wrote on Facebook that "if a leftist takes power, I promise and swear on my soul that I will be the next Yigal Amir" – a reference to the assassin of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.