Police summon journalist for questioning over claim he shoved Sara Netanyahu’s aide
Attorney general said to have dropped opposition to investigating Channel 13’s Aviad Glickman over May incident at courthouse
Police have summoned Channel 13 news legal correspondent Aviad Glickman for questioning under caution, after the reporter was filmed allegedly shoving one of Sara Netanyahu’s associates during a libel hearing in May.
Glickman received the summons on Sunday and will be interviewed by Tel Aviv police in the coming days, according to Hebrew media reports Monday.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara greenlit the investigation into Glickman after initially resisting police’s demand that he be questioned as a suspect, Channel 12 reported.
Gal Dabush, the employee of the prime minister’s wife who was allegedly shoved, filed a complaint over the incident, which occurred as attendees of the hearing attempted to make their way out of the courtroom, leading to a bottleneck at the exit.
Glickman had previously been summoned for questioning in July over the incident, but Baharav-Miara contacted police at the time, insisting they reconsider the move and first examine the context, while citing “the necessary procedural caution needed for investigating journalists in relation to their work and to prevent suspicions of harming [their work].”
Police viewed Baharav-Miara’s request as a bid to exert political pressure on law enforcement, according to Channel 12. Eventually, they decided to postpone the investigation until they discussed it officially with the attorney general.
אביעד גליקמן תקף אותי באלימות ודחף אותי בחוזקה ביציאה להפסקה בבית המשפט.
ביטחון בית המשפט היו עדים לאירוע האלים והוציא אותו.
אני הגשתי נגדו תלונה במשטרה. אני לא אשתוק מול האלימות של גליקמן. מבטיחה לעדכן.
מה עוד תעשה להם השנאה כלפי משפחת נתניהו?
הם לא רק משקרים, הם לא רק… pic.twitter.com/JhbBV2xWfw
— Gal (@miss__gd) May 28, 2025
A meeting was eventually held with prosecutors and the Attorney General’s Office, during which officials accepted police’s opinion that, in light of eye witness testimonies, security camera footage, and medical reports of the alleged victim, there was a need to conduct a probe.
Glickman, who is considered a critic of the prime minister, was covering a hearing in a libel countersuit filed by Sara Netanyahu against Sylvie Genesia, a former worker at the Prime Minister’s Residence, when the incident under investigation occurred.
Footage showed him jostling Dabush while trying to push through a crowded doorway at the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, apparently in order to film Netanyahu as she left the court. Immediately afterward, Likud spokesperson Guy Levy shouted at Glickman that he would file a police complaint for assault. Glickman was then sent away from the court by officials as Levy filmed him and hurled insults at him.
In further footage circulated on social media shortly after the incident, Dabush told the camera that Glickman “pushed my back,” adding, “It now hurts me.”
She claimed the incident left her bruised and in pain.
The Times of Israel Community.