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Netanyahu calls ongoing investigation into PMO leak case an “attack” – Israel News

by November 10, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Sunday, he said his office was under “savage and relentless attack” as suspects were arrested and their detention was extended.

During the statement, Netanyahu criticized the media’s “fake news” and called the ongoing investigations “lies and baseless slander.”

Furthermore, he described the developments as “attempts to intimidate me and my people… to create stories out of nothing.”

The ongoing scandal has rocked Netanyahu’s office, with allegations of security mismanagement and deliberate manipulation of sensitive information.

Netanyahu noted that scandal allegations were untimely because they were made as the government “works tirelessly to repel our enemies who seek our destruction and tirelessly strives to defeat them.” While waging war and repelling international attacks from various fronts,” he added.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu (Source: Craig Hudson/Reuters)

“We are now facing an additional front – the media’s fake news,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu then addressed serious criminal leaks coming into Israel, explaining that they usually involve “lies and slander.”

Netanyahu claims allegations are part of ‘witch hunt’

Explaining the allegations further, Netanyahu stressed that he knew the allegations were part of “an organized witch hunt aimed at harming the country’s leadership and weakening us in the midst of war.”

“I’ll say it as clearly as possible. “That will not deter me,” Netanyahu said, expressing that he remains committed to leading the country to “absolute victory.”

New information appears in the background

The latest revelation in Saturday’s scandal was that employees were given access to confidential information obtained from PMO surveillance camera footage, according to a report by KAN News.

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Sources familiar with the details told KAN that “the internal circulation of the documentation raised fears that there could be an attempt at blackmail against the official, who worked with the PMO and has sensitive information.”

A source told KAN that “the Prime Minister’s Office behaved criminally; the members of the PMO should pay the price.”



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