Police to question journalist accused of ‘shoving’ employee of PM’s wife in May

Channel 13 reporter Aviad Glickman arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing, July 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Channel 13 reporter Aviad Glickman arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing, July 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police have summoned Channel 13 News legal correspondent Aviad Glickman for interrogation, after the reporter appeared to shove one of Sara Netanyahu’s associates during a libel hearing in May, Hebrew outlets report.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has allowed police to investigate Glickman, but did not officially approve the questioning, Ynet reports.

Glickman’s interrogation is set to take place in the coming days, Hebrew-language media reports.

Gal Dabush, an employee of the premier’s wife, filed a complaint over the incident, which occurred as attendees of the hearing attempted to make their way out of the courtroom.

There was a bottleneck at the exit as Glickman and a number of other journalists apparently tried to film Netanyahu as she left the court.

The libel hearing was held after Netanyahu sued her ex-employee, Sylvia Genesia, who claimed to have been pressured to lie and defend the prime minister’s wife in a statement to police.

Glickman, whose reporting has been critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had been previously summoned for questioning in July over the alleged shoving, but Baharav-Miara contacted police at the time, insisting they reconsider the move and first examine the incident’s context.

Police viewed Baharav-Miara’s request as a bid to exert political pressure on law enforcement, Channel 12 reports. Eventually, they decided to postpone the investigation until they discussed it officially with the attorney general.

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