The arrest of a man who approached with a knife the leader of the Central Left Party in Israel A man in Tel Aviv who tried to approach Yair Golan, the leader of the Central Left Party in Israel, was arrested and a knife was found on him. The police confirmed that a 20-year-old man was arrested but "contrary to published reports, there was no attempted stabbing." According to the police, the investigation is still ongoing. The Democratic Party, led by Yair Golan, said that this happened when Mr. Golan encouraged people to vote in Tel Aviv. The party said that the man addressed Mr. Golan in a "threatening" manner. According to this source, when the bodyguards went to the man, a large knife that he hid under his clothes fell to the ground. The Democratic Party linked this incident to ongoing threats against Mr. Golan and said that security threats had increased and Israel's internal security organization, Shinbat, had only recently assumed responsibility for protecting him. Yair Golan said in a statement: "The incitement to violence and the violence itself will not scare us." Referring to the harsh verbal attacks on the leftists during the election campaigns, Mr. Golan called this incident the result of Mr. Netanyahu's "poisonous machine." Mr. Golan is one of the former IDF senior officers. The Democratic Party was established after the collapse of the Israeli Labor Party. He is in a coalition with the opposition candidates of the government led by Gadi Eisenkot. Mr. Golan is the only candidate of one of the main Israeli parties that still supports the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also has different positions on social issues, including support for the equal rights of LGBT people.