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Police chief urges unity amid investigation of senior officers

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First reported by Walla · Jun 23, 2026

What happened

Police Commissioner Danny Levy backed Israel Police personnel in a letter after the opening of an investigation into senior officers Alona Shushan and Lior Abudraham over alleged witness harassment in the Yakobi affair. The case, now being handled by the Israel Competition Authority, follows earlier claims about an alleged affair, a polygraph exoneration, a later sexual-harassment complaint, and allegations of conflicts of interest.

  • 01Levy called for unity, discipline and focus while the investigation proceeds.
  • 02Shushan and Abudraham are under scrutiny over alleged witness harassment in the Yakobi affair.
  • 03Polygraph tests reportedly found Abudraham and the investigator truthful.
  • 04The case was moved from Police Internal Investigations to the Competition Authority.
  • 05The attorney general accepted conflict-of-interest concerns raised by Kobi Yaakobi.

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Now 14Right · HebrewJun 23, 2026
Police chief urges unity amid investigation of senior officers
WallaCenter · HebrewJun 23, 2026
Police chief urges unity amid security pressures and probe into officers

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