Netanyahu's Meeting with Police Chief, Minister to Be In-Person
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with Police Commissioner Danny Levi and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir will be held in person, not via phone call as mistakenly stated earlier. The clarification followed a decision by the Central Elections Committee chairman, Justice Noam Sohlberg, who rejected a petition against the meeting. The petition argued the meeting, two days before elections, could interfere with the electoral process. Netanyahu's lawyer clarified the phone call mention was an error due to urgency.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with the Police Commissioner and Minister of National Security will be in-person.
- The clarification came after the Central Elections Committee chairman rejected a petition against the meeting.
- The petition argued the meeting, scheduled two days before elections, could interfere with the electoral process.
- Netanyahu's lawyer stated the mention of a phone call was a mistaken error due to urgency.
- The meeting will include police intelligence and operations heads.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned meeting with Police Commissioner Danny Levi and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir will take place face-to-face, not as a phone call as previously stated in error. The clarification came in an urgent notice filed by Netanyahu's lawyer, Ilan Bombach, following a decision by the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg.
Sohlberg had previously dismissed a petition against the meeting, which was scheduled to occur just two days before the Knesset elections. The petition was filed by the "Choharim beYisrael" (Voters in Israel) organization, which argued that the meeting could violate prohibitions against interfering with elections and using public resources for propaganda. Netanyahu's legal team contended that the discussion was a security briefing to assess the police's readiness for election day amid security threats.
In his ruling, Sohlberg stated that insufficient evidence was presented to prove the meeting would disrupt the elections, though he clarified that political leadership is not authorized to direct the police on election management. The clarification from Netanyahu's lawyer explained that the mention of a phone call in the initial response to the petition was a mistake made due to the urgency of responding before Sohlberg's deadline.
The clarification also specified that the meeting would include the head of police intelligence and the head of operations, in addition to the Police Commissioner.
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