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After only half a year, the police are examining: Replacing the police spokesman

The police are considering the possibility of replacing Deputy Chief of Staff Eli Levy, a spokesman for the Israel Police, Walla Brenze learned.

Levy was appointed to the position last April.

Senior source: "He did not come up with any media strategy that marched the police forward."

And who is a candidate to replace him?

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Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 14:40

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A senior police official: "He did not come up with any media strategy that marched the police forward as expected of him, not only did he not promote the spokeswoman of the Israel Police, but we took a few steps back."

The police are considering the possibility of replacing Deputy Chief of Staff Eli Levy, a spokesman for the Israel Police, after six months in office - Walla Brenze has learned. Levy was appointed to the position last April. The employment contract that Levy signed with the Israel Police is for six months. A senior police official involved in the details said in a conversation with Walla Brenze that the top police officers have in recent weeks expressed dissatisfaction with Levy's professional performance as police spokesman and that the possibility of not extending the contract ending in October is being considered.

"He did not come up with any media strategy that marched the police forward as expected of him, not only did he not promote the Israel Police spokeswoman, but we went a few steps back. Baruch Honig, Spokesman for the Commissioner.

The same sources even criticized an interview given by Levy about a week ago to the program "Ofira and Barko" on Keshet 12, on the subject of crime in Arab society.

"It was a bad interview. Eli came to the studio when he did not know the data well, read from the page and threw slogans into the air. Lucky that Ofira and Barko saved the situation and applauded the police. Eli deals with trifles. "

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Sources involved in the details said in a conversation with Walla Brenze that the police are considering the possibility that Lt. Col. Roi Waldman, who currently serves as the commissioner's assistant, will take over Levy's position as spokesman for the Israel Police. Waldman appeared extensively in news studios during the closing days during the Corona period and represented the police.

Recall that Levy was forced to function upon taking office in a number of significant and dramatic incidents for the police including the Maron disaster that occurred upon taking office and the Wall Guard operation that also included the disturbances in the cities involved.

Levy enlisted in the Israel Police last April after a career of several years as a reporter for the north and the environment, first on Channel 10 and with the merger with Reshet - of News 13. In addition, Levy broadcasts the current affairs program "Free Arena" every Friday on Radio Haifa. He began his career in the press after his military service as a reporter for police and sports affairs in the local newspapers of the Schocken network in the north. He later worked as a reporter for Radio Haifa and a reporter for the local news of cable television, and also worked as a reporter for Maariv and NRG in the northern region. In the past, he was a reporter for Channel 2, and for a short time served as a spokesman for the Nesher municipality.

In 2006, Levy won the Haifa Marc Biano Media Award for his coverage of the Second Lebanon War. In 2016, he won the radio award at the Eilat Conference of the Tel Aviv Journalists' Association, for the best current affairs program "Free Arena" that he broadcasts with journalist Yossi Mizrahi. In 2017, Levy won the Social Justice Shield on behalf of Yad Ezer LaHever, for covering social issues.

The Israeli police did not respond.

Levy's response has not yet been received.

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