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Monday, September 15, 2025
Bennett slams ‘crooked’ government after cannabis plants found in home of minister’s aide
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Eyeing a political comeback, former prime minister Naftali Bennett slams the current government as “crooked from top to bottom” following a report that police uncovered a an illegal marijuana grow operation at the house of Minister May Golan’s chief of staff.
“The current government is crooked from top to bottom, a rot that is spreading to all parts of the public sector. When Qatari employees sit in the prime minister’s office in the midst of a war, it is not surprising that a drug den is exposed in the office of another minister,” he says in a statement, referring to allegations surrounding work done for Qatar by aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Woe to the nation that is forced to see its children grow up facing such a rotten role model. Israel will soon embark on a new path,” Bennett adds.
Police this morning arrested a lawyer and detained several other suspects Monday morning as part of an investigation into Golan and her associates, who are suspected of fraud, illegally pocketing the ministry’s funds and other financial crimes.
While carrying out raids, the police discovered the alleged drug den in Yavne at the home of Golan’s chief of staff. According to Channel 12, the plants belong to the aide’s husband and both of them were arrested.
The Times of Israel Community.