Sara Netanyahu: Israeli attorney general orders investigation into prime minister’s wife on suspicion of witness harassment

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Israeli Chief Public Prosecutor Gali Baharav-Miara ordered an investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, following a report that she harassed her opponents.

Israel’s attorney general said in a statement on Thursday that “an investigation should be opened into suspicions of witness harassment and obstruction of justice regarding the findings of the Uvda program broadcast on Israel-based Channel 12 television last week.”

On Thursday, Channel 12 aired an investigation into allegations that Sara Netanyahu intimidated a witness in her husband’s criminal case.

The report also alleges that he indirectly harassed the attorney general and the deputy attorney general.

CNN is trying to reach the prime minister’s office.

Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin criticized the attorney general’s order, describing it as “overly selective enforcement has once again reared its ugly head.”

Levin said in a post on .

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also criticized Baharav-Miara. “Someone who politically oppresses government ministers and their families cannot continue to serve as Attorney General; it is a shame that there are still those who bury their heads in the sand and refuse to understand this,” he said in a statement.

This is a developing story and will be updated.