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Sunday, December 15, 2024
Report: Police identified 20 suspects in far-right Sde Teiman protest but none has been questioned
Roughly 20 people who participated in far-right protests at the Sde Teiman detention facility and the IDF’s Beit Lid base in July have been identified by police but have not yet been questioned, the Haaretz newspaper reports, with the delay apparently caused by senior police officers opposed to the investigation.
The suspects are nevertheless expected to be called in for questioning soon, the report states, but due to the opposition of several senior law enforcement officials, it is unlikely that any indictments will be filed against them.
On July 29, an ultranationalist mob broke into the two military bases to interrupt legal proceedings against reservist soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian terrorist detainees.
Among those who entered the base without authorization were MK Nissim Vaturi of the ruling Likud party, MK Zvi Sukkot of the Religious Zionism party, and National Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu of Otzma Yehudit.
The three have also yet to be questioned, Haaretz reports, although police have been granted permission to do so.
It adds that the IDF has expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which the probe is being handled by the Israel Police.
The Times of Israel Community.