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In many ways, Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh's Feb. 7 interview with journalist Ilana Dayan was a watershed in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s investigation saga. In the volatile public and political atmosphere, just days before the police release their recommendations regarding their investigations, the interview played right into Netanyahu’s hands.
It is not clear what lay behind Alsheikh’s decision to open up before Dayan’s camera about the Netanyahu investigations and make insinuations like, “People will be surprised.” These comments by Israel’s top cop were pointless as the final consultations over the Netanyahu files are almost over. Yet those comments were the least of the problems with the interview.
