Authorities weigh probe into Ben Gvir’s chief of staff for cooperating with allegedly corrupt officers

The Justice Ministry and Department for Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) are weighing an investigation into Chanamel Dorfman, the chief of staff to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, on suspicion that he acted as a go-between for Ben Gvir and law enforcement officers who are suspected of abusing their power to secure the far-right minister’s fealty, Channel 13 reports.

Dorfman’s name has repeatedly come up in the case against Prison Guard chief Kobi Yaakovi, West Bank police chief Avishai Mualem and a third officer whose name remains under a gag order, Channel 13 says.

Mualem is accused of refraining from arresting Jewish terrorists in his jurisdiction and was re-arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to tamper with evidence in the case against him. Yaakovi is suspected of having alerted Mualem to the covert investigation against him.

Dorfman is among Ben Gvir’s closest advisers, and an investigation into Dorfman would pose a significant step toward a possible probe of Ben Gvir himself, the network speculates.