Supreme Court Upholds Military Advocate Investigation Amid Sharp Criticism of President Isaac Amit

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the investigation into the Military Advocate General (MAG) in the Shde Teiman affair will remain under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General's office. This decision sparked strong backlash from right-wing activists and politicians, who accused Supreme Court President Isaac Amit of protecting the MAG and the Attorney General at all costs.

Professor Moshe Cohen Elia harshly criticized the ruling, calling it "the biggest cover-up" and "the most serious affair in the history of the Supreme Court." He claimed that Amit panicked when the scandal broke and distanced himself from the issue by appointing a less activist panel than usual. This panel, which included justices Wilner, Stein, and Kanfi-Shtainitz, applied the "Boaron Doctrine," which broadly limits institutional disqualification within the prosecution due to senior officials' involvement in overseeing the investigation into the leak of a video from Shde Teiman to journalist Guy Peleg.

Cohen Elia further accused Amit of manipulation and corruption, stating that Amit quickly took control of the case to protect Deputy Attorney General Dina Barav-Miara, who he claims shields him continuously. He concluded that no Supreme Court president has been as manipulative or corrupt as Amit, and that the court's actions undermine democracy and justice, especially harming IDF soldiers falsely implicated by the MAG in this serious affair. According to Cohen Elia, Amit's priority was to save Barav-Miara at the expense of the soldiers and the State of Israel.