Shin Bet did not transfer critical information to police for investigation of Broverman and the "night meeting"
An investigation by Kan News reveals that the Shin Bet did not transfer critical information to the Israel Police regarding the "night meeting" affair of Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Broverman, and Eli Feldstein. The information, held by the Shin Bet, could have connected the dots in the investigation and shortened its duration.
An investigation by Kan News reveals that the Shin Bet (General Security Service) did not transfer critical information to the Israel Police in the "night meeting" affair of Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Broverman, and Eli Feldstein. According to the suspicion document, Broverman received information about a covert investigation and names of potential suspects, allegedly enabling him to disrupt the investigation. The central question was how the Prime Minister's Office knew about the covert investigation before the arrest stage. Recently, it was discovered that the Shin Bet, which was involved in the investigation, requested to conduct a certain investigative procedure requiring the Prime Minister's approval, and the request was forwarded through the chief of staff. The Shin Bet knew that information about the covert investigation was passed to the Prime Minister's Office but did not transfer the information to the police investigative unit—not when Feldstein mentioned in his interrogations that he received information from a senior official, not after his interview on Kan 11, and not when an open investigation was launched and Broverman was questioned under caution. Meanwhile, police investigators initially suspected that the information was leaked to Broverman from IDF sources, leading to the investigation of a senior official in the Chief of Staff's Office. To this day, the Shin Bet has not explained why it waited over a year to transfer the information, which ultimately led to the draft indictment.