Jerusalem top cop says he won’t be police commish

23 December 2018, 8:33 pm

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Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevi has preemptively taken himself out of the running to become national police commissioner, and will retire from the force.

Halevi asked Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan not to consider him for the post, Hebrew-language media report.

Jerusalem Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Yoram Halevi arrives at the scene of a stabbing attack on the city’s light rail line, near IDF Square in Jerusalem, on April 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Erdan has been searching for a replacement for former chief Roni Alsheikh since his nominee Moshe Edri was rejected by a vetting panel.

Halevi was thought to have been the preferred candidate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of his personal relationship with Sara Netanyahu, but had said scuttlebutt about his candidacy and personal connections were hurting him and his family.