Investigation of the head of the Israeli National Security Council on suspicion of bribery news

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed today, Wednesday, that the head of the Israeli National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, is being investigated on suspicion of receiving a bribe worth 10,000 shekels ($2,677) in exchange for a letter of recommendation, making him third in the prime minister’s circle. Benjamin Netanyahu Within days he faces such charges.

The newspaper said, quoting the “Quality Governance Movement”, an independent, non-partisan movement, that this revelation is considered a particularly dangerous matter and raises serious concerns about the exploitation of “a public position for a private benefit.” The movement, which works to expose corruption of government employees, called on the “Prime Minister “Immediately suspend him from his position until suspicion is removed.”

For its part, Israeli Channel 12 said that according to suspicion, a contractor asked Hanegbi to write a letter of recommendation, and added that the book was received through a third party in exchange for 10,000 shekels.

For his part, Hanegbi denied this accusation and said that it was “an allegation that was raised in the context of a civil dispute between businessmen and was actually published two years ago.”

Two days ago, Channel 12 published an investigation about evidence of corruption cases and shuttle trips by the Minister of Environmental Protection, Idit Selman, and her husband’s control over the management of her ministerial position.

The investigation indicated that since Aidit began her work as Minister of the Environment, 11 senior officials have left the office, and many employees expressed their anger at the behavior of her husband, Shmulik Selman, who is also active in her office. Three of her advisors were also recruited as reserve soldiers with the start of the war on Gaza. On October 7, 2023, despite their refusal.

The investigation also revealed that the minister exploited her position to employ people with financial positions and influence in exchange for their support for her in the elections, and provided sums of money from the ministry’s budget to people in the party to support her, indicating that Aidit traveled abroad (even during wartime), and that she was not always Linked to environmental content, one of these trips was to Italy, another to America, and two trips to Morocco from which she returned with expensive gifts.

Before that, Israeli writer Zvi Barel revealed in an interview with Haaretz newspaper the role of someone close to Netanyahu in leaking sensitive security information to the foreign press, including newspapers such as the German “Bild” and the British “Jewish Chronicle.”

The writer launched a scathing attack on Netanyahu and those around him, describing them as forming a “corrupt circle of violations and leaks.” He said that Netanyahu’s circle had become a “den of suspicious figures” who placed their personal loyalty to the president above their commitment to the state, and described them as “tools for exercising power and manipulating information to serve the interests of the people.” Netanyahu’s personal agendas.