Levin claims AG probing Sde Teiman video leak because of bills seeking to strip her role of authority

Justice Minister Yariv Levin lauds the announcement of a criminal investigation into the leaking of the video at the center of one of the Sde Teiman abuse scandals as evidence that his judicial overhaul agenda is bearing fruit.

“It is no coincidence that immediately after the bills regarding the attorney general were approved in the preliminary reading in the Knesset, we were informed of the decision of the attorney general to approve the opening of a criminal investigation into the Sde Teiman affair,” alleges Levin, in reference to legislation advanced today.

Levin says the appointment by the government of a new Shin Bet chief and a new ombudsman for judges “together with the advancement of judicial [overhaul] legislation and the determined struggle to uncover the truth and enforce justice equally, are creating a historic change before our eyes.”

He further contends that “the beginning of the end of decades of cover-up and immunity for those who belong to the ‘correct [political] camp’ are becoming apparent.”

Levin and other government members were sharply critical of the video leak and the manner in which IDF reservist soldiers who were suspected of severe abuse against a Palestinian security detainee were arrested, in July 2024.

He has not commented on the indictment of five soldiers over the incident.