The Lod-Central District Court rules to extend the restrictive conditions on key Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich until September 10, overturning a lower court decision.
Last week, the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court rejected the police request to extend restrictions on Urich, banning him from contacting other figures connected to the Qatargate affair, and anyone working in the Prime Minister’s Office, including Netanyahu himself.
Judge Amit Michles upholds the police appeal, however, saying that the lower court’s ruling was based on the issue of whether Urich could be considered as working in public service. Michles writes that this question can only be addressed by a court if and when an indictment is filed against him, and that it cannot be the basis for rejecting the police request to extend the restrictive conditions.
In addition to those conditions, Urich is also banned from leaving the country until September 12.
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