The ombudsman has previously ruled that the money Netanyahu received from his cousin is not a forbidden gift. • So why did it turn around?
According to Wikipedia, a price tag is a label attached to a product and shows its price.
Since 2008, the concept has become associated with far-right actions against Arabs or against the defense establishment (usually spray-painting graffiti or damage to property) in response to terrorist attacks or the evacuation of settlements in Judea and Samaria.
But yesterday it was actually the Attorney General who decided to go out and carry out a price tag operation.
against who?
Against whom he sees as his sworn enemy - Prime Minister Netanyahu, of course.
In 2019, Mandelblit himself insisted that Milikowski's receipt of legal expenses should not be considered under the Gifts Act - since the Gifts Act applies to gifts given to public employees, including of course government members, due to being public employees.
In this case, according to the ombudsman, it seems that Milikowski gave the money to Netanyahu because they were cousins and therefore it is a permissible gift.
The ombudsman noted that Netanyahu must seek the approval of the Permits Committee (which will be submitted to the State Comptroller - AB) in order to obtain approval for Milikowski's legal funding.
But suddenly yesterday, Mandelblit turned around and stated that this is in fact a gift that is prohibited under the Gifts Law.
What has changed?
First of all I will calm you down.
Milikowski is still Netanyahu's cousin and nothing has changed in his family status.
So what is it?
Since Mandelblit filed the indictment against Prime Minister Netanyahu, more and more faults have been revealed in the prosecution's conduct.
Sometimes it is an exposure of the pressures exerted by the police investigators on the detainees in the Alpine files, once it is the concealment of documents from the Prime Minister's defense team, and another time it is the fact that there is doubt about the permits given or not given to open investigations.
It is sometimes difficult to decide whether this is the largest case sewing done in Israel or the most negligent case sewing done in Israel.
The most senior elements in Israel's law enforcement system were involved in Netanyahu's cases.
The best and most experienced investigators in the police, the most senior prosecutors in the State Attorney's Office, and above all the former State Attorney Shai Nitzan and the ombudsman himself. And yet every few days another malfunction is revealed. Sometimes it's just a shlomial mistake
It was previously reported by sources close to Mandelblit that he was happy to reach a plea deal with Netanyahu that would bring an end to an affair that has shaken the country for five years, in exchange for the prime minister's retirement from political life. But Netanyahu's Sisyphean struggle That he does not intend to surrender.
Now, it seems, Mandelblit has decided to charge a price for this unresponsiveness.
Like an experienced hill boy, he went out in the middle of the night and sent a response to the High Court and a press release in which he made a spectacular flick on his position and suddenly stated - the money from Milikowski is a forbidden gift.
