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In Israel, the scandal that could bring down Benyamin Netanyahu – Libération

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The Prime Minister is suspected of having falsified secret defense documents on October 7. He does not hesitate to charge his opponents to distract attention.

Where was Benjamin Netanyahu on the morning of October 7, 2023? What decisions did he make as Prime Minister when 1,200 Israelis were massacred by Hamas and 251 were kidnapped in Gaza? The answer lies in the protocol of that day's government cabinet meetings, carefully stenographed by typists hand-picked by the security services, duly validated by the head of cabinet and carefully deposited in the safe of the National Archives, with a copy for execution to the Minister of Defense.

In an unprecedented and incredible development, the government's then military secretary responsible for overseeing this routine, General Avi Gil, recently informed the Attorney General that a member of the Prime Minister's office attempted this was to falsify this document with the help of a stenographer equipped with a false security badge. It was only the beginning of what is now directly threatening Netanyahu: this Sunday, Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman revealed that an officer from Unit 8,200 of the Israeli secret service had complained to his superiors that a secretary of the Prime Minister's office had threatened to reveal their extramarital relationship if he did not give him access to the copy of this October 7 protocol. Since then, two members of the Prime Minister's office have been indicted, and Netanyahu is shooting at everything that moves to get out of this new affair, which could well encourage the justice system to revive the old ones concerning him. Relations between and Israel are just one of the many targets targeted by Netanyahu, while every day a new aspect is added to a state scandal that could save thousands of suspended lives, including those of 'Israelis.

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