Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron rules that Eli Feldstein, a spokesman who worked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the central suspect in the PMO security documents theft and leak scandal, will remain in custody until 6 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Feldstein and a second suspect in the case had been expected to be released to house arrest on Friday following a ruling by the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, but their release was pushed off until Sunday after an appeal against the decision was filed at the Lod District Court by the Israel Police and the Shin Bet.
The appeal was rejected by the court, at which point the Supreme Court agreed to hear it on Saturday night.
Ahead of the hearing, Elron had warned that there would need to be a compelling reason for the Supreme Court to overturn the decisions taken by the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court and the Lod District Court.
In his decision, Elron writes that custody would be extended due to the “very unusual circumstances” surrounding the case.
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