Sarah Ben-Nun

The request was filed ahead of a scheduled High Court hearing on February 2, seeking to suspend the entry into force of amendments to the anti-UNRWA law passed in late December.

Case 4000 centers on allegations that Netanyahu, while serving as prime minister and communications minister, advanced regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels to Bezeq.

Arnon Bar-David, the longtime chairman of Israel’s largest labor federation, became the central figure in a sweeping corruption investigation that came to light in November. 

Speaking Tuesday in Davos after arriving for the World Economic Forum, Herzog raised the issue in a meeting with United Nations General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock.

The appeal was heard a day after the district court reversed an earlier decision by Magistrate’s Court President Judge Menachem Mizrahi and reinstated restrictive conditions on Tzachi Braverman.

The lawsuit names UNRWA, a UNRWA employee alleged to have taken part in the attack, and several current and former senior UNRWA officials as defendants.

The report examines the police’s growing reliance on technological surveillance tools for law enforcement purposes, including wiretaps, cyber tools, and the collection of communications data.

The hearing, part of the bribery, fraud, and breach of trust case centered on the Bezeq-Walla affair, focused largely on Netanyahu’s relationship with former owners of the Walla news site.

“The government is causing serious damage to the possibility of reaching the truth regarding the events of October 7,” reads the A-G written position.

The case concerns classified military documents leaked in September 2024 to the German tabloid Bild, which reportedly outlined Hamas’s position on hostage negotiations.