In an unusual statement, the Israel Police rebukes top judicial officials, saying it will not investigate politicians for breaking into the IDF’s Sde Teiman base last July before “an official request is received” from Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Aisman.
Yesterday, Baharav-Miara and Aisman announced they had approved an investigation into two government members and one former lawmaker for breaking into the Sde Teiman base last July.
According to a Channel 12 report, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit), MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud), and former MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) were set to be questioned under caution about their role in the riot and subsequent break-in at the base.
“It saddens us that the State Attorney’s Office and the attorney general are choosing to contact the Israel Police via the media and not directly and openly,” the police statement says.
It adds that officials “have not received an official request regarding the investigation of ministers and Knesset members, and therefore no investigation will take place” until a request is received, as is customary.”
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