Acting state attorney fires back at AG for opposing extension of his tenure

23 April 2020, 8:26 pm

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Acting State Attorney Dan Eldad alleges that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit opposes the extension of his tenure because was examining investigatory material involving the latter.

“A seemingly worrying picture arose from this material in everything concerning the handling of the affairs of Mandelblit,” Eldad says in a statement.

He apparently is referring to the so-called Harpaz Affair, in which Mandelblit, a former top military prosecutor, was questioned in but never charged.

“In recent days I updated the relevant sources about my intention to deepen the investigation on the matter,” Eldad says. “I have no doubt about the motives for choosing the violent and distorted wording toward me.”