Court Rejects Prosecutors’ Request to Keep Yonatan Urich Away from the Prime Minister’s Office Pending Hearing

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ala Masarwa did not accept the prosecution’s request to bar Yonatan Urich from the Prime Minister’s Office and from “any security facility or place where secret information may be held.” Masarwa ruled that Urich’s current conditions will remain unchanged for now, until a follow-up hearing is scheduled at which evidence will be presented. Earlier, the prosecution filed an indictment against Urich in the so-called Bild case, on charges of transmitting secret information, possessing secret information, and destroying evidence, with the aggravating clause of intent to harm state security.