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Netanyahu calls investigations into scandals in his Cabinet a “coup”

December 5th 2024 , ,
Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: Haim Zach / GPO v[ia Flickr

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Thursday criticized the "political" investigations targeting his cabinet in recent months over the scandals involving the leak of intelligence documents and attempts to alter the minutes of October 7 as "a coup d'état."

Netanyahu was responding to accusations by Yoram Cohen, the former head of the internal intelligence service (Shabak, also known as Shin Bet), who claimed that the prime minister had asked for surveillance of people involved in a "sensitive" defense project.

"The prime minister sought to protect a vital state secret, he accepted the recommendations of the legal establishment, he acted in accordance with the law and he did not violate anyone's rights," his cabinet statement said, without denying Cohen's accusations at any point.

“The real threat to democracy in Israel comes not from elected officials, but from officials in law enforcement authorities who refuse to accept the law of the voter and are attempting to carry out a coup with unbridled political investigations,” the text said.

There are increasing scandals and controversial laws that are causing division in Israel due to Netanyahu's management, who will also testify on the 10th in a fortified and underground room in Tel Aviv in the corruption trial that has been going on since 2020.

Yesterday, the IDF's chief military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, criticized a bill that would allow members of the military and intelligence services to leak classified documents to the prime minister or defense minister without authorization.

“The army does not hide information from the political leadership. The army works in concert with the political leadership to defend Israel,” Hagari said during a press conference, in which he described the bill, which passed its first vote (out of three) in parliament today, as “dangerous” for state security.

The proposal, dubbed the "Feldstein Act," comes amid a legal battle over the "BibiLeaks" case, in which Eli Feldstein, a Netanyahu spokesman, and a reserve non-commissioned officer are accused of conspiring to leak a classified document to the foreign press to sway public opinion against a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the suspects to be kept under arrest until Monday, when it will announce its final decision on the prosecution's appeal against the Tel Aviv court's decision to keep Feldstein and the other detainee under house arrest.

In addition, Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, has been accused of blackmailing a military officer in the prime minister's office with a compromising video in order to alter the minutes of meetings in the moments before the Hamas attacks on October 7, as well as calls held on the morning of the attack, according to the country's main media. EFE and Aurora

One thought on “Netanyahu calls investigations into scandals in his Cabinet a “coup””
  1. https://youtu.be/YkCpUzFf2TE?si=nVLlsIadV49aZTeW

    This global anti-Semitic behavior is the same system of disinformation that was used by the Vatican Jesuits dressed as Nazi German soldiers in Germany during the process of World War II, generating the Holocaust due to the hatred sown against Israel…

    The silent, rotten, murderous, stateless secret societies and lodges run by the Vatican are the promoters of global anti-Semitism using all possible means of disinformation.

    As the Vatican intends to establish the new world order with a new religion, it also intends to exterminate the people of Israel, which has the universal God as its foundation... Will it be able to do so???

    They are very mentally ill....!!!

    Those who seek to divide Israel are on the path of anti-Semitism…..Are the Vatican Jesuits infiltrated with them?

    May God bless, protect, strengthen and give wisdom to Israel and Mexico always….!!!

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