Report: Police, prosecutors weighing probe against Otzma Yehudit’s Ben Ari

6 March 2019, 8:47 pm

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Police and the state prosecution are looking into the possibility of opening a probe into the Otzma Yehudit party’s Michael Ben Ari for racist incitement, Channel 13 news reports.

Officials involved in the review of Ben Ari’s conduct are expected to file a report in the coming weeks, which will lead to a decision on whether to pursue the case, the network says.

In response Otzma Yehudit says Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan are seeking to “influence Israel’s election process and tarnish Dr. Ben Ari’s character” and calls for such attempts to be “rejected outright.”