“Do I look shook up?” responded Israeli Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino July 4, when a journalist asked him about a serious scandal that was beginning to send another tremor through the police force. At the time, details of the affair were banned from publication, so speculation was causing quite a commotion on the social networks. Danino had apparently sought to exhibit indifference to minimize the gravity of the situation, the details of which were released two days later, having a harsh impact on the organization he heads.
As it turns out, Danino really should have been “shook up” after Ronel Fisher, one of the country’s top lawyers, was arrested after apparently receiving a suitcase containing $150,000. Fisher supposedly got the money from Alon Hassan, former head of the Ashdod Port workers committee who is suspected of bribery. Hassan told police that Fisher, who was once his lawyer, had offered to pay senior police officers to drop cases against his clients.
