Senior Police Commander Resigns Amid Investigation
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Commander Alona Shoshan, head of the Israel Police's Human Resources Department, has resigned amid an investigation into witness tampering. The probe is linked to the "associates of Ben-Gvir" affair and involves allegations of Shoshan recording a key witness, Commander Lior Abudraham. Shoshan denies the charges and has filed a harassment complaint against Abudraham. Her resignation follows that of two other senior officers implicated in the case.
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- Commander Alona Shoshan resigned as head of the Israel Police's Human Resources Department.
- Shoshan is under investigation for allegedly tampering with a witness in the "associates of Ben-Gvir" case.
- She is suspected of recording Commander Lior Abudraham, a key witness in the case.
- Shoshan denies the allegations and has filed a harassment complaint against Abudraham.
- Her resignation is the third by a senior officer involved in the affair.
- The investigation is a sub-affair of a larger probe into associates of Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Commander Alona Shoshan, head of the Israel Police's Human Resources Department, is retiring from her position following an investigation against her and months of being sidelined. Shoshan had been absent from police activities in recent months due to the ongoing probe. Her departure marks the third senior official involved in the "associates of Ben-Gvir" affair to resign, following Senior Superintendent Avishai Moalem and Commander Lior Abudraham.
The investigation into Shoshan began in June with the Competition Authority, on suspicion of witness tampering. This is related to the "associates of Ben-Gvir" case and the involvement of Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaacobi. Shoshan is suspected of recording the former head of the Police Spokesperson's Division, Commander Lior Abudraham, who is a key witness, in an attempt to undermine his credibility.
Yaacobi had claimed that Abudraham was involved in an improper relationship with a police investigator, leading the Attorney General to assign the investigation against Shoshan to the Competition Authority rather than the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash). After her investigation, Shoshan was suspended and did not return to her role. She has denied the allegations against her and, in parallel, filed a complaint against Abudraham for sexual harassment, which he denies.
In July, Shoshan met with Inspector General Dani Levy regarding her complaint against Abudraham. They agreed that Shoshan would take a leave of absence until the investigation concluded. This investigation is a sub-affair within the larger "associates of Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir" case, being handled by Mahash. In that broader case, the Attorney General decided to indict Yaacobi, pending a hearing, for breach of trust and obstruction of an investigation. Following his hearing, Yaacobi's lawyer, Uri Korb, argued that the main witness against him, Commander Abudraham, had a romantic relationship with a Mahash investigator, which Yaacobi claimed tainted the investigation.
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