Police denies chief Levy attempting to sideline spokesman amid reports of friction

Israel Police denies reports that the force’s chief is trying to strip top spokesman Cdr. Aryeh Doron of his authority, amid tensions between the two.

In a statement from the spokesperson’s office, police stress that police chief Danny Levy’s work relations with Doron are “excellent and [occur] daily,” adding that the top cop “has complete faith in him.”

The statement comes after a Walla report claims the relationship between Levy and the chief spokesman has become increasingly strained.

Citing unnamed sources, the Hebrew outlet purports that Doron was ejected from Levy’s office, is regularly excluded from important meetings, and was even stripped of his oversight over police district spokespeople.

Police not only deny these reports but denounce them as “twisted and fallacious” attempts to “cast aspersions on the relationship.”

Speaking to Ynet, an unnamed official corroborates the statement and claims the report is an attempt by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to spark friction among the police’s top brass, amid disagreements between him and Levy over the promotion of Supt. Rinat Saban.

Ben Gvir has for months been blocking the promotion of Saban, a police detective who testified in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, reportedly frustrating senior officers, including Levy, who supports her advancement.