Yisrael Einhorn, a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is suspected of liaising between officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and Germany’s Bild newspaper to leak a secret document, Channel 13 reports.
Einhorn, who is currently overseas, put Eli Feldstein, a spokesperson for Netanyahu and a central suspect in the affair, in touch with Bild.
Einhorn is refraining from returning to Israel, knowing that he will likely be arrested and questioned on his arrival, Channel 13 reports.
According to details revealed today, Feldstein leaked the secret IDF document to Bild in order to change the public discourse over the fate of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza; have Hamas leader Sinwar blamed for the impasse in hostage release negotiations; and imply that protests demanding the release the hostages were playing into Hamas’s hands.
Einhorn and another former Netanyahu aid, Jonatan Urich, who has also been questioned in the case, have been involved in several controversies in the past, including allegedly harassing a state’s witness in Netanyahu’s corruption trial.
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