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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Hundreds protest outside courthouse in support of suspects in Prime Minister’s Office leak case
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Hundreds of people gather outside the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court in support of the suspects in the Prime Minister’s Office leak scandal.
Eli Feldstein, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and another suspect whose name has not been released for publication are expected to be charged today.
The supporters wave signs reading “Stop the persecution,” and chant “Eli is a hero.”
One man carries a sign reading “Leftist judiciary stop abusing our soldiers, go to Gaza.”
The two are suspected of transferring classified information to harm the state, collecting classified material to harm the state, and conspiring to commit a crime, among other charges.
Feldstein is suspected of leaking a classified document to the German newspaper Bild in order to change the public discourse over the fate of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza; have Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar blamed for the impasse in hostage release negotiations; and imply that protests demanding the release the hostages were playing into Hamas’s hands.
אלפי אנשים מחוץ לבית המשפט המחוזי בתל-אביב, באו למחות כנגד שימוש במערכות אכיפת החוק ובמשטרה החשאית ככלים להשגת מטרות פוליטיות.
אומרים לא לחקירות פוליטיות! pic.twitter.com/tECWLTLWAv
— אביעד אברהמי – Aviad Avrahami (@AviadAvrahami) November 21, 2024
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