Prosecutor, attorney general hit back at Ohana after attack

Top law enforcement officials are hitting back at Justice Minister Amir Ohana, who earlier accused the state prosecution of harboring a cabal of prosecutors making improper legal decisions based on political considering.

“The law enforcement system will not be dragged into politics,” a joint statement from Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan charges. “Nobody will keep us from doing out work faithfully. Nobody will make us veer from the straight and narrow.”

Mandelblit, Nitzan and their offices have come under near constant attack from backers of Netanyahu, who is facing criminal indictments in three separate cases. Netanyahu claims he is innocent and blames the probe on a witch hunt by police, justice officials, journalists and others.

Ohana, from the Likud party, is seen as a staunch Netanyahu ally.