Police would be more capable of dealing with violence against women if they were not making the criminal investigations against the prime minister their top priority, Communications Minister David Amsalem of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party said Sunday in the wake of the alleged murder of a woman by her husband in Jerusalem on Thursday.
"I think the Israel Police need to act vigorously," Amsalem told Channel 12 on Sunday. "It's not only a matter of funding. It's a question of priorities. The police need to decide if their top priority is to investigate the prime minister's cigars or these matters [violence against women]."
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The police budget is one of the most important in the State of Israel. We need to understand that ultimately most of it goes to salaries. It is the police chief and the police commanders who decide what the priorities are, not the government," Amsalem added.
Michal Sela, 32, was stabbed to death in her Jerusalem apartment, and police suspect her husband, who was found in serious condition, attacked her and then attempted suicide.
Sela's body was found at the couple's apartment in the Motza neighborhood in west Jerusalem after her husband took their eight-month-old baby to the neighbors next door, where he collapsed.
According to the neighbor, the suspect brought the couple's eight-month-old daughter to her, telling her that he and his wife had attempted suicide and then collapsed. He regained consciousness on Sunday at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Karem and is expected to be questioned on Sunday.
Amsalem's interview on Channel 12 was preceded by one with Lili Ben-Ami, Sela's sister.
Netanyahu's pre-indictment hearing has entered its third day on Sunday, and is expected to focus on Cases 1000 and 2000 – gifts in exchange for political favors, and legislation in exchange for favorable coverage, respectively.
On Wednesday and Thursday Netanyahu's attorneys presented their arguments regarding Case 4000 – which deals with a supposed quid-pro-quo with media mogul Shaul Elovitch.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-minister-implies-fewer-women-would-be-murdered-if-not-for-netanyahu-probes-1.7948064
2019-10-06 09:37:17Z
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