Israel’s Attorney General ordered an investigation into Sarah Netanyahu

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Israel’s attorney general has ordered an investigation into the wife of the prime minister, Sara Netanyahu, who is suspected of harassing witnesses and obstructing justice in her husband’s corruption case.

Thursday’s decision by Gali Baharav-Miara and state prosecutor Amit Eisman cited an Israeli television investigation into Sara Netanyahu’s handling of demonstrations and social media attacks against the prime minister’s so-called “enemies.”

The targets of the report are former Attorney General Benjamin Netanyahu; lead prosecutor in the trial; and Hadas Klein, one of the prosecution’s witnesses.

Klein and several others filed police complaints against Sarah Netanyahu when the report aired.

Benjamin Netanyahu He is on trial this month for bribery, fraud and breach of trust on charges of friendly business with wealthy patrons. He gave his defense testimony.

Earlier on Thursday IsraelHe released a scathing four-minute video attacking the “Left and the media” for “character assassination” and “bloodshed” against him and his wife.

“The lie knows no bounds. Bad fiction, facts taken out of context, fake news, brainwashing knows no bounds,” he said.

Netanyahu’s government ministers and political allies also reacted angrily to the decision to call for the study.

Yariv Levin, the Minister of Justice, criticized the Prosecutor General on Telegram for “extremely selective enforcement”, which he called “a crime”. He dismissed the allegations as “TV rumours”.

Israeli Parliament Speaker Amir Ohana Baharav-Miara said her motivation was political, saying that “when it comes to investigations (investigations) against her political party, she is lazy and blind, deaf and dumb.”

Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the dismissal of Minister of National Security Baharav-Miara. “A man who politically persecutes public servants and their families cannot continue as Attorney General,” he wrote in Ex.

Baharav-Miara has criticized the Netanyahu government’s attempts to reform the country’s justice system over the past two years, which critics see as a power grab that could undermine the country’s democracy.

It is not clear whether and how the police will act on the directive to open an investigation against Sarah Netanyahu.

In a further complication, Police Commissioner Danny Levy took part in the televised investigation.