Avichai Mandelblit had no idea he was such a saboteur.
As chief military advocate general, he legalized government actions verging on war crimes. As Cabinet secretary, he signed dozens of documents advancing Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. As attorney general, the job he currently holds, he exempted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from an investigation under caution in a scandal involving the purchase of submarines and other naval craft from Germany. Since last November, however, when Mandelblit announced his decision to indict Netanyahu on corruption charges, he has become the regime’s punching bag. At the Feb. 9 Cabinet meeting, ministers vied with each other over who could hit Mandelblit the hardest. They accused him of torpedoing the work of the government and undermining every initiative it seeks to undertake.
