If there is one body in the public sector that politicians love to hate, it is the State Prosecutor’s Office. If there is one public official who can send a shiver down the spine of a cabinet minister anytime his voice is heard on the other end of the phone line, it is the legal advisor to his ministry. The dread and contempt stirred by the State Prosecutor’s Office and the individual ministries’ legal advisors...
Witness for the prosecution
The State Prosecutor’s Office is under attack, with Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman and others looking to curtail its powers. In a forthright interview, former state prosecutor Eran Shendar defends the current system and rejects attempts to delegitimize his former position.
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Ido Baum


