According to the warning, Kobi had claimed during the program that Cohen had pushed for deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to be released as part of the deal to return Gilad Shalit in 2011.
The officer was released without restrictions. The investigation was initiated last week, as several videos were circulated around social media showing the assaults.
State Attorney Amit Aisman warned that the Mahash reform under the Justice Ministry could expose sensitive investigations to political pressure. The law passed Knesset and faces High Court petition.
Urich has been indicted for allegedly leaking classified military information to the German outlet, Bild, after the military censor barred publishing the information in Israeli media.
The evidentiary hearing is being held before Ramle Magistrate’s Court President Judge Menahem Mizrahi at the Tel Aviv District Court building, where the case was moved for security reasons.
The immediate next stages are remaining defense evidence, summaries, and then judgment, with the judges having three versions of the same broader story.
Netanyahu cannot afford to be seen as folding under American-Iranian pressure, after presenting the hold on the security zone in Lebanon as a strategic achievement.
Leader of the Democrats party, Yair Golan, called to “block every shekel that finances draft evasion,” as well as institutions that incite against service.
When asked if Israelis could expect to vote for her in the upcoming election, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked told The Jerusalem Post, “You’ll have to wait.”
Speaking with Gideon Oko and Amichai Attali on the 103FM program Seven Nine, Regev said that after several days of uncertainty, the party would hold primaries.
According to the police spokesperson, Barakeh gave a speech in 2022 where he said "words of praise and identification with terrorists and terrorist organizations."
