Avichai Mandelblit responded to the remarks of the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, that he was not doing enough to fight incitement against Netanyahu and "acted as someone who went into a personal battle with him."

• Spokesman Mandelblit (right) and Minister Ohana

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  Miriam Tzachi, Oren Ben Hakon

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit today (Monday) vehemently rejected Homeland Security Minister Amir Ohana's (Likud) remarks that Mandelblit "acts as if he went into a personal battle against the prime minister" and is not doing enough to fight incitement against Benjamin Netanyahu.

To read the full letter from the Speaker

In his letter, Mandelblit wrote: "Decisions in legal advice to the government and the law enforcement system are made solely on a professional and matter-of-fact basis, and never for foreign or personal considerations. The law. "

Mandelblit also teased Ohana and referred to an advertisement in "Israel Today" about Interior Minister Aryeh Deri's appeal to GSS chief Nadav Argaman in order to place special emphasis on the investigation of incitement against the prime minister.

Minister Ohana in an attack on the State Attorney's Office: "Became a political actor" // Photo: Yoni Rickner

"I am confident that as the Minister of Internal Security, a member of the Political-Security Cabinet and a member of the Ministerial Committee on GSS Affairs, you know how to contact the competent authorities, as far as you find it necessary," Mandelblit wrote. To the head of the GSS in this matter.

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn (blue and white) came out against the criticism of law enforcement agencies in general and Mandelblit in particular and tweeted on Twitter: "Criticism is legitimate, but the uproar against public servants must stop. "These are excellent public messengers who do their job faithfully. It is time for politicians to stop looking for someone on duty whenever it is inconvenient for someone with the rule of law."

Criticism is legitimate, but the outcry against public servants must stop.



In recent days, we have seen riots by Nizneri, Liat Ben-Ari and Mandelblit. Let it be clear: these are excellent public messengers who do their job faithfully.



It's time for politicians to stop looking for a guilty plea whenever it is inconvenient for someone with the rule of law.

- Avi Nissenkorn (@AviNissenkorn) July 20, 2020

"Practicing the Law of Souls"

Ohana - who often confronts Mandelblit during his term as Minister of Justice - sent a scathing letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit last Friday. In the letter, the minister accuses the adviser of not taking seriously the growing threats to the life of the prime minister and his family: "From your smug letter, it appears that you do not take my appeal regarding the growing threats to the life of the prime minister and his family."

Ohana referred to Mandelblit's rejection of his own request to allow the police to open incitement investigations, an authority currently vested in the prosecution. 

Minister Ohana also wrote in his letter from last Friday that Mandelblit is acting as someone who went into a personal battle: "It seems lately that you are acting as someone who went into a personal battle against the prime minister, in terms of 'either me or him', as reflected in a number of decisions. The Prime Minister's ability to obtain financing for the legal expenses you imposed on him - when you are in a conflict of interest is built into the fact that you are the accuser and the prosecutor seeking to have him convicted). 

Ohana added that "an indictment is not a struggle for life or death." He goes on to warn: "We are dealing with the law of souls, in the most literal sense: in the already tumultuous public arena, there are now explicit calls for the assassination of the prime minister and his family. In a hint - but with explicit, and sometimes graphic - threats to his life. "