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State Attorney Office opposes easing of 'Qatargate' suspect Eli Feldstein's arrest conditions
State Attorney Office opposes easing of 'Qatargate' suspect Eli Feldstein's arrest conditions

Yahoo

time4 days ago

  • Politics
  • Yahoo

State Attorney Office opposes easing of 'Qatargate' suspect Eli Feldstein's arrest conditions

The hearing in the classified documents case has been postponed while the prosecution is conducting additional investigations in the case, primarily regarding Urich and Feldstein. The State Attorney's Office opposed easing the conditions of Eli Feldstein's arrest on Monday. Feldstein, who is a defendant in the classified documents case and is suspected in the 'Qatargate' affair, is under house arrest. In contrast, the second suspect in both cases, Yonatan Urich, is under significantly more lenient conditions. The response from the State Attorney's Office was submitted after Feldstein's lawyer requested to ease his conditions and match them to Urich's. However, the State Attorney's Office argued that it is not possible to compare Feldstein, who is a defendant in the case, to Urich, who is a suspect. It appears that both the prosecution and the legal advisor are dragging their feet in making a decision regarding Urich, in order to avoid transferring the investigation materials to him in the case. This fact impacts Feldstein's detention conditions as well as the progress of the case in the classified documents affair. The court hearing in the classified documents case has been postponed while the prosecution is conducting additional investigations in the case, primarily regarding Urich and Feldstein. These additional investigations are preventing defense attorneys from receiving the full investigation materials, despite the indictment having been filed in the case. In its response, the prosecution and the legal advisor are blocking the progress of the case, even though both bodies could have decided whether to indict Urich in the classified documents case and close the case in the 'Qatargate' affair, since it is not possible to conduct a legal inquiry into the American-Jewish businessman, Jay Footlick.

Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case
Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case

Washington Post

time7 days ago

  • Politics
  • Washington Post

Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case

JERUSALEM — Israel's attorney general said Sunday a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been advised that he could face criminal prosecution on allegations of providing secret information with the intent of harming the country's security. The development involving a central figure in what is popularly known in Israel as Qatargate comes after police earlier this year arrested the adviser, Jonatan Urich, and former spokesman Eli Feldstein on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel.

Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case
Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case

Associated Press

time7 days ago

  • Politics
  • Associated Press

Former Netanyahu aide could face charges in security leak case

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general said Sunday a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been advised that he could face criminal prosecution on allegations of providing secret information with the intent of harming the country's security. The development involving a central figure in what is popularly known in Israel as Qatargate comes after police earlier this year arrested the adviser, Jonatan Urich, and former spokesman Eli Feldstein on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel. Feldstein also has been indicted in a separate case involving the leak of classified information to a German tabloid — and Sunday's statement says Urich could face criminal prosecution in that case. The attorney general's statement said Urich is accused of working with Feldstein to share 'highly classified' Israeli military information and said the release 'was intended, among other things, to influence public awareness regarding the prime minister and to shift the discourse' following the killing of six hostages in Gaza in August of last year. The statement says the criminal prosecution of Urich is subject to a hearing but does not say when that will occur. There was no immediate public reaction from the office of Netanyahu, which has been ensnared in scandal while the prime minister continues to face pressure from the Israeli public over the 21-month war in Gaza. In the Qatargate case, Urich and Feldstein were arrested earlier this year on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar — a country that many Israelis view as a patron of Hamas — to promote it in Israel. Qatar is a key mediator in the indirect ceasefire negotiations for Gaza and denies backing the militant group. Netanyahu has given a statement to police on the Qatargate matter but is not a suspect in the case, which he says is baseless and meant to topple his rule. Separately, Netanyahu is the subject of a long-running corruption trial.

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