Top Prosecutor Tells Prison Chief to Block Ben-Gvir's Propaganda Videos
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has instructed Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi to prevent National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from filming propaganda videos in prisons. The directive, sent Friday, also calls for blocking Ben-Gvir's visits to facilities for filming and prohibiting guards from participating. The Attorney General's office stated the duty to prevent propaganda using public assets falls on the commissioner.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ordered Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi to stop Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's prison propaganda.
- The directive forbids guards from participating in Ben-Gvir's videos.
- Minister Ben-Gvir is to be prevented from visiting prisons for filming purposes.
- The Attorney General cited the duty to prevent propaganda using public assets.
- The order was issued in an unusual letter sent on Friday.
The Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, has demanded that the Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, Kobi Yaakobi, prevent National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from using prisoners and prison facilities for election propaganda. In an unusual letter sent Friday and obtained by Haaretz, Baharav-Miara's deputies informed Yaakobi that the duty to prevent the use of public assets for propaganda, including government facilities and public employees, falls upon those responsible for these assets. "This duty falls upon you as the Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service," the letter stated, also requesting that prison guards be forbidden from participating in the minister's videos and that his visits to Prison Service facilities for filming purposes be blocked.
