The state attorney is opening a criminal investigation into Sara Netanyahu, its office announced Sunday.
Democrats MK Naama Lazimi’s office was informed that the criminal investigation would be opened after she filed a request to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife following an exposé by the Uvda investigative journalism program on Channel 12.
Lazimi said, “The prime minister’s wife is a convicted criminal. I will not remain silent, I will not let up, and I will not let this affair be buried. Justice will be done; we will make sure it happens.”
Lazimi stated that opening a criminal investigation into Sara Netanyahu is “important for parliamentary oversight, the justice system, and the rule of law.”
She added that the prime minister’s wife is “a convicted felon, and, as witnessed in the investigation [by Usvda], acted to harm prosecution officials and discredit a witness – very serious offenses for which she must be brought to justice.”
According to the screenshot of a letter published by Lazimi’s office, the state attorney informed her on January 30 that the investigation would be opened.
Background into Uvda
A special investigation allegedly exposed various issues with the prime minister’s entourage, including that Sara Netanyahu deliberately created a system to harass witnesses against her husband in his criminal investigations, as well as harassing political players who were perceived as negative for the prime minister’s ongoing criminal investigations.
Some of these political players included Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, as well as prosecutors in the criminal investigation cases.