Two of Israel’s three major networks broadcast extensive leaked recordings from Thursday night’s tumultuous cabinet meeting on the extension of the lockdown, during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at one point accused Defense Minister Benny Gantz that “the blood of many Israelis” would be on his hands and the Blue and White party head charged the premier that he was “throwing dust in the public’s eyes.”
The recordings are aired simultaneously on both Channel 12 news and the Kan public broadcaster with each branding them “exclusive” causing Gantz’s office to complain that Netanyahu’s associates leaked them to benefit the premier in the upcoming elections and to demand that the entire protocol of all cabinet meetings on the coronavirus be made public.
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
People protest over the death of Ahuvia Sandak in a car crash during a police chase, near the Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem on January 2, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
A settler attacked the commander of the Golani Brigade’s Reconnaissance Battalion outside the Kedumim settlement on Saturday night during a protest that turned violent, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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The police officers who chased Jewish teens alleged to have thrown rocks at Palestinians in the West Bank, one of whom died when the settlers’ car crashed while fleeing, are not expected to face criminal charges, Channel 12 news reports.
The officers have been questioned by the Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department in relation to 16-year-old Ahuvia Sandak’s death during the chase.
The network also says the four other so-called hilltop youth extremists who were in the car with Sandak are expected to be charged this week for allegedly throwing rocks at Palestinian cars.
At least one of them reportedly may also be indicted for negligent homicide.