Report: PM’s attorney flew to Serbia to meet with suspect in stolen intel docs case

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer Amit Hadad arrives for a court hearing in the trial against premier at the Jerusalem District Court on November 13, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer Amit Hadad arrives for a court hearing in the trial against premier at the Jerusalem District Court on November 13, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense attorney Amit Hadad recently flew to Serbia to meet with Srulik Einhorn, one of the suspects in an ongoing court case on allegedly stolen intelligence documents leaked to the German Bild newspaper, Haaretz reports, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Einhorn is facing a summons for questioning in the case upon his return to Israel.

He has been living in Belgrade over the past year while working on political campaigns in Serbia. He has also served as a media adviser to Netanyahu.

Einhorn is now in advanced talks to hire Hadad, who also represents fellow Netanyahu aide Jonathan Urich, Haaretz says.

״It is strange that one lawyer represents so many figures involved in this case,” the source tells Haaretz. “The prime minister’s attorney cannot represent two suspects who could potentially provide information about Netanyahu.”

Haaretz also reports that the family of the main suspect in the Bild case, Eli Feldstein, has been facing pressure from Likud activists in recent weeks to swap his lawyer for someone aligned with the government.

Feldstein is currently represented by Oded Savoray, who told Channel 12 earlier this month that his client acted on behalf of Netanyahu’s office when he leaked the stolen intelligence documents to the Bild, which the prosecution says aimed at influencing public opinion against a hostage deal.

The activists have been contacting Feldstein’s family on social media and one of them even offered to pay for a different laywer, Haaretz says.

Among the names proposed by the activists for an alternative attorney was Hadad.

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