Avichai Mandelblit
Contradicting the Supreme Court, Avichai Mandelblit says the plea deal struck by Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri last year “unequivocally” did not include a commitment to permanently leave politics.
The former Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs’ appointment is now pending Cabinet approval.
“I can tell you that all the examinations ... other than the fact that the police use advanced technologies, turned out to [reveal that the accusations are] incorrect,” says Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev.
Hundreds gathered outside the attorney general’s home over the weekend in protest, claiming the plea deal “undermines public faith in the legal system.”
The commission of inquiry set a deadline of about six weeks for its work, which will be held in close cooperation with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who ordered a criminal investigation into the deadly stampede.
“It is our fundamental duty to examine every aspect of the Meron disaster,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells a special Knesset session.
Israeli politics is embroiled in a new political crisis, as Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says a vote to appoint Likud’s Ofir Akunis to the vacant position was in violation of the law
Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit decides not to put her Balad Party on trial despite evidence indicating its guilt, citing potential harm to a “wider circle.”
The court’s ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel “poses no immediate threat” as international law does not recognize a state of Palestine, says Avichai Mandelblit.
The ruling applies to three cases for which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under indictment. His lawyers argue that the permission to investigate was only provided retroactively.
“100,000 Palestinians can surround and cut off” a settlement, says former lawmaker Jamal Zahalka • Yamina MK Bezalel Smotrich calls for a criminal investigation.
Uzi Dayan tells fellow Likud members that such a move may be necessary, even though it could lead to the fall of the government.
