Police arrest Netanyahu aide as opponents accuse him of leaking intelligence to thwart Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal
Source: CNN
Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media.
Opposition leaders say the intelligence was faked, and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.
The investigation centers on allegations that the prime ministers office promoted to foreign media the claim that Hamas was planning on smuggling hostages out of Gaza over the Egyptian border and creating divisions in Israeli society to pressure Netanyahu into a hostage release and ceasefire deal.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/middleeast/police-arrest-netanyahu-aide-intl/index.html
"A spokesperson for Netanyahu denied that there have been leaks from the Prime Ministers Office (PMO), and that the person in question never participated in security-related discussions, apparently referring to Feldstein."
JohnSJ
(96,551 posts)iemanja
(54,789 posts)louis-t
(23,720 posts)that showed gaps in Israeli security and lead to Israel being attacked.
msfiddlestix
(7,811 posts)louis-t
(23,720 posts)It is possible that that same Russian gave the intel to Hezbollah. Not too hard to connect the dots.
msfiddlestix
(7,811 posts)I feel like we're never going to see this released to the public, but we should.
Israeli
(4,300 posts)I wonder if they are going to take Netanyahu down?
The opposition?
The protesters on the streets would love to tho especially the hostage families who
are extremely angry right now .
See : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostage-families-pms-aides-acted-to-carry-out-one-of-the-greatest-frauds-in-israeli-history/
Such actions, especially during wartime, endanger the hostages, jeopardize their chances of return and abandon them to the risk of being killed by Hamas terrorists.
The forum represents most of the families of the 101 hostages still held in Gaza.
The suspicions suggest that individuals associated with the prime minister acted to carry out one of the greatest frauds in the countrys history, the forum says.
This is a moral low point like no other. It is a severe blow to the remaining trust between the government and its citizens.
orangecrush
(21,802 posts)The families, that is.
maxsolomon
(35,048 posts)I don't know if I have that right.