From Right-wing MK drawing up bill to shield Netanyahu aides over suspected leak
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Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman is working on a bill that would shield officials of security and intelligence agencies for passing information to the prime minister, cabinet officials or Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Channel 12 news reports.
According to the network, if passed, the bill could provide legal protection to some of those involved in the Prime Minister’s Office leak case, in which several suspects are alleged to have leaked intelligence information to Eli Feldstein, a former spokesman and aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Feldstein, in turn, is alleged to have leaked the classified document to the German newspaper Bild in order to influence the public discourse over the fate of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Feldstein and another suspect, whose name has not been released for publication, are suspected of transferring classified information to harm the state, collecting classified material to harm the state, and conspiring to commit a crime, among other charges.
A spokesperson for Rothman confirms the Channel 12 report and tells The Times of Israel that work on the bill is still in its initial stages.
The Times of Israel Community.