The Attorney General's Office is delaying decisions in dozens of cases related to crimes committed by protest activists, Yair Altman reported on Channel 14 this evening (Wednesday), citing police sources.
According to the report, these are cases that were opened since the beginning of the protest in 2023 and deal with roadblocks, demonstrations, persecution of public figures, and everything included under the protest against legal reform.
According to data updated about a week ago, about 170 protest cases are waiting between a few months and a year and a half for the prosecutor's office to decide.
Among the offenses are charges of rioting in a public place - blocking a road, disturbing public order, assaulting police officers, and endangering a traffic lane - against someone who blocked a road with burning tires.
Of the cases in which a decision was made: 85% were closed, and even when the decision was made to file an indictment - when it comes to only a few dozen cases, these are cases in which more than one offense was committed, for example, in addition to blocking a road, also attacking law enforcement forces.
According to the data, only 16 indictments have been filed so far.
Police sources added: "The prosecutor's office is deliberately delaying. The police have no problem blocking a road for a few minutes for the purpose of freedom of protest. But in practice they block for long hours, in some cases burning tires. This is already a breach of order and anarchy.".
The police would also like to see stricter enforcement of disturbances in front of the homes of public figures.
Police sources said that these demonstrations often receive permission to read the names of the kidnapped, when in reality the permission is used for inciting chants such as "traitors and murderers.".
The Prosecutor's Office responded to Channel 14 by saying: "The claim that there is a directive to delay protest cases is false. The vast majority of protest cases are under the jurisdiction of the police prosecution. The few disorderly conduct cases under the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor's Office are being handled and are being monitored by senior prosecutors. Some of the cases have matured into indictments, some have been closed, and some are still under review. Unfortunately, quite a few cases are being returned to the police for completion due to the quality of the investigation.".
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