Knesset legal adviser says there is no evidence of a directive to film lawmakers

During a High Court hearing on petitions challenging the appointment of attorney Michael Ravilo as state comptroller, Justice Ruth Ronen raised the possibility that several Knesset members filming themselves in the process could indicate they had been instructed or asked to do so.

Attorney Itzhak Bart, representing the Knesset’s legal adviser, rejected that suggestion. He said lawmakers often document themselves on their own initiative, and that their self-recordings do not prove any formal guidance or request. Ronen asked whether the filming was truly autonomous or part of an instruction or request.

Bart replied that if no one issued an instruction, made a request, or imposed a demand, then there was no instruction, request, or demand. He added that the office had checked with those involved, who denied any such directive. "There were rumors about an instruction, but beyond that there is no evidence," he said.