‘My Ari does not deserve this treatment’: Wife of suspect in PM’s office document leak scandal calls for his release

The wife of Ari Rosenfeld, an IDF reservist charged last month in the Prime Minister’s Office security documents theft and leak scandal, calls for her husband to be released from detention, in a heartfelt social media post.

“Ari and I met when we volunteered together at an organization for cancer patients,” Avital Rosenfeld writes on X.

“My Ari, an Israeli hero and outstanding fighter, has given his heart and soul to the country and contributed to Israel’s security in many ways over the years. We’ve barely seen him since October 7. He would spend long nights serving his country, and the thing that was most important for him to say when we did see him — was how committed we were to doing everything we could to get the hostages home.”

Rosenfeld was charged last month with transferring classified information, an offense that is punishable by seven years in prison, as well as theft by an authorized person and obstruction of justice, together with Eli Feldstein, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

His name was cleared for publication today after the Tel Aviv District Court lifted a gag order, on the suspect’s request.

Rosenfeld is still in custody, while Feldstein has been released to house arrest.

Information released by the court last month indicated that the apparent motivation behind the leak was to alleviate public pressure and criticism against Netanyahu following the murder of six high-profile hostages by Hamas in late August.

“And now — my hero Ari, is in detention until the end of the proceedings in difficult conditions, because he was sure that he was doing the right thing for our beloved country — and passing on important intelligence material to the political echelon. My Ari does not deserve this treatment,” she writes. “It’s time to let him go home.”

זה בעלי, ארי רוזנפלד.
עד עכשיו הכרתם אותו בעיקר כנגד א׳.

ארי- ואני הכרנו כשהתנדבו יחד בארגון לחולי סרטן. המתנדב בעל לב הזהב וטוב העין, שכולם כל כך אהבו והילדים החולים העריצו.

ארי שלי, גיבור ישראל ונגד מצטיין, נתן את הלב והנשמה שלו למדינה ובמשך שנים ארוכות תרם לביטחון ישראל… pic.twitter.com/owh8CaSCSz

— אביטל רוזנפלד – Avital Rosenfeld (@bytlrwzn) December 23, 2024