Yonatan Urich, spokesperson for Benjamin Netanyahu, verified that the primary suspect in the Prime Minister’s Office leaks scandal, Eliezar Feldstein, had passed classified information to the German newspaper Bild, according to a report by KAN11.
Urich, who was investigated along with other employees of the PMO, verified with Feldstein that he had passed the classified documents to the “Husid” (devotee), the codename for Shrulik Einhorn, their main contact at the Bild.
Feldstein is accused of leaking classified documents that harmed the war effort and reduced the chances of a successful hostage deal.
Einhorn has previously been closely linked with Netanyahu and the Likud party, having worked and advised on numerous campaigns.
Einhorn currently works as a consultant for world leaders and business people across the globe.
Netanyahu and Feldstein
Feldstein has been held in prison since his arrest last week; he was moved to suicide watch after a “foreign object” was discovered in his cell on Sunday.
Netanyahu has denied that Feldstein was ever an employee of his or closely associated with him. However, Israeli media has been full of images of the two together at numerous events across Israel.
He accused the security services of being overly interested in this case in an attempt to discredit him due to the presence of many other leaks during the war. “It is very puzzling why out of all these leaks, this particular document – the contents of which were known to everyone and helped the State of Israel – received such an aggressive and trendsetting investigation.”
