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Braverman claims police probe is ‘delusional, political’ as he appeals terms of release from custody
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, files an appeal against the terms of his release from police custody, decrying what he claims is a “delusional, political investigation.”
Braverman was released last night after he was interrogated at length about his alleged attempt to obstruct a probe into the leak of classified documents from the Prime Minister’s Office to German tabloid Bild.
“The bail conditions are extreme, unusual and clearly disproportionate,” Braverman’s lawyers tell the Rishon Lezion District Court.
The top official is under restrictive conditions, including a 15-day ban on entering the Prime Minister’s Office and a 30-day ban on leaving the country, which risks delaying his entry into the post of ambassador to the United Kingdom.
The Bild affair was triggered by the execution of six Israeli hostages at the hands of their Hamas captors, when Israeli troops approached the tunnel where they were located in the southern Gaza city of Rafah at the end of August 2024.
The execution sparked massive public uproar against the government, which critics saw as the obstacle in ceasefire negotiations due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s perceived prioritization of an amorphous “total victory” over Hamas at the expense of hostages’ lives.
The Times of Israel Community.