The Civil Service Commissioner, Daniel Hershkowitz, rebukes Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber for her remarks against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Zilber lambasted the government and Netanyahu on Sunday, likening the premier’s attacks on the judiciary and other opponents to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious fabricated anti-Semitic text from 1903 purporting to describe a Jewish cabal plotting global domination. In a lengthy speech broadcast during an online conference by the Israel Democracy Institute, Zilber railed against repeated claims by the premier and his allies that his indictment on graft charges is part of a “judicial coup” carried out by a network of shadowy unelected figures seeking to overthrow the government.
“Sometimes, in order to not admit the truth of a lack of leadership, the fan is turned on to blow the blame in all directions,” Zilber said.
Hershkowitz said he views Zilber’s comments “with severity” and urges Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to take action.
Mandelblit summoned Zilber for a meeting on the issue, according to the Ynet news site.
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