{"id":18573,"date":"2024-11-24T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18573"},"modified":"2024-11-24T04:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T04:08:00","slug":"israel-prosecutors-indict-prime-ministers-aid-for-leaking-information-to-german-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18573","title":{"rendered":"Israel prosecutors indict prime minister\u2019s aid for leaking information to German newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Israeli prosecutors Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/ynet-pic1.yit.co.il\/picserver6\/wcm_upload_files\/2024\/11\/21\/SkXH1RhMyg\/___________________________________.pdf\">indicted<\/a> one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s aides, Eli Feldstein, for leaking classified information on Hamas and most likely harming national security, the latest development in a web of legal scandals that has entangled Netanyahu. Feldstein now faces a sentence of up to life in prison for leaking information which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynet.co.il\/yedioth\/article\/yokra14160106\">allegedly jeopardizes the security of the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment states that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/inland\/bild-exklusiv-zum-schaudern-das-plant-der-hamas-chef-mit-den-geiseln-66d98503c0fd674dd9f5d092\">leak<\/a>, given to German Newspaper Bild, was intended to affect public opinion surrounding the Israeli hostages held by Hamas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/rjamzxm2a\">cause<\/a> of many protests in Israel. The tabloid\u2019s recount of the leaked information stated that Hamas was \u201cmanipulating the international community, torturing the hostage families and seeking to rearm. And also that they are just as indifferent to a quick end to the war as they are to the suffering of Palestinian civilians.\u201d Their indifference to the best interests of Palestinians, Bild alleged, was clear in documents which were said to belong to deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, which stressed the importance of painting Israel in a negative light and \u201cscapegoating\u201d them for the failed hostage negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>In the indictment, Feldstein\u2019s texts stated that \u201cthe boss is happy\u201d about the leak. The Times of Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/the-boss-is-pleased-indictment-suggests-pm-may-have-known-of-aides-leak-of-intel\/\">questioned<\/a> whether this refers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s reaction, which Feldstein described as a \u201cmillion dollar plan\u201d according to the text messages.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment details how Feldstein and the anonymous second defendant\u2019s involvement in high-level Israeli politics began shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/commentary\/2023\/10\/hamas-terror-attacks-and-international-law\/\">Hamas attack<\/a> on October 7, 2023. Feldstein was employed as a Minister of National Security in 2023 and consistently handles classified and secret information and had direct contact with Netanyahu and Jonatan Urich, a spokesperson and press officer for Netanyahu. Feldstein\u2019s consistent handling of classified documents was despite being declared ineligible to handle such documents, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/763315099\/nc2DwtSXsgnbAjMh?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli prosecutors Thursday indicted one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s aides, Eli Feldstein, for leaking classified information on Hamas and most likely harming national security, the latest development in a web of legal scandals that has entangled Netanyahu. Feldstein now faces a sentence of up to life in prison for leaking information which allegedly jeopardizes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}