Likud Responds to Ex-Official's Claims of Protocol Forgery
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
The Likud party has denied allegations made by former Military Secretary Avi Gill regarding attempts to forge protocols in the Prime Minister's Bureau after October 7th. Gill claimed that recommendations for preemptive actions were rejected and that there was an improper effort to collect and alter meeting protocols, including a specific call time. The Likud stated the matter was previously investigated and dismissed by police, attributing the renewed claims to political motives.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- The Likud party denied allegations by former Military Secretary Avi Gill of protocol forgery in the Prime Minister's Bureau.
- Gill claimed that recommendations for preemptive actions in Gaza were rejected before October 7th.
- He also alleged an unusual effort to collect and alter meeting protocols during the early weeks of the war.
- The Likud stated the protocol forgery claims were previously investigated and dismissed by police.
- Gill reported being informed of an instruction to change the recorded time of a call with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The Likud party responded Friday to interviews given by former Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, Avi Gill, in which he alleged attempts to falsify protocols in the Prime Minister's Bureau after October 7th. The party reiterated its denial of claims against former Head of Staff Tzachi Braverman, stating the matter was previously investigated and dismissed.
"Avi Gill's false blood libel regarding alleged 'protocol forgery' by Head of Staff Tzachi Braverman was already investigated thoroughly by the police two years ago and concluded with a police recommendation to close the case due to lack of substance," the Likud statement asserted. The party suggested that attempts to revive the issue by the left indicated panic from figures like Gadi Eisenkot, who they claimed understood he could not form a government without Arab parties, Yair Golan, Liberman, and Bennett.
Gill, who was responsible for waking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the morning of October 7th, revealed in interviews that he had received clear warnings prior to the war. He stated that recommendations for preemptive actions in Gaza were made but ultimately rejected by Netanyahu. Gill also detailed how, in the early weeks of the war, he became aware of an unusual effort to collect protocols from the Prime Minister's Bureau, which he believed was conducted improperly.
Concerned by this, Gill approached the Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, to halt the process. He explained that while reviewing protocols was permitted under strict conditions, taking copies was forbidden. However, in January, a stenographer reportedly informed Gill that she had been instructed to alter the recorded time of a specific 6:40 AM call with Netanyahu to 6:29 AM, a claim central to the alleged protocol forgery.
Gill expressed his desire to stop the protocol collection without accusing anyone directly, emphasizing that these actions occurred during the height of the war. The Attorney General subsequently issued a document clarifying the proper procedures for accessing and handling official records.
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