The court decided today (Friday) to release Prime Minister Netanyahu's advisors, Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, who are suspected of involvement in the 'Kettergate' affair, to house arrest until April 22.
The police requested a stay of execution of the decision, and the judge replied: "You have an hour to file an appeal.".
According to the judge's decision, the suspects were prohibited from contacting anyone involved in the case for 60 days, and a restraining order was imposed on them to prevent them from leaving the country.
The release was granted despite the police requesting to extend the two's detention by a week, claiming "dangerousness," and presenting a preliminary opinion that was ostensibly intended to substantiate the claim that the suspects' actions contained elements of harm to state security.
A police representative said in the hearing: "This is a preliminary opinion. It takes more time to compile a final opinion.".
The judge replied: "To this day, you have not claimed dangerousness. How can there be contact with a foreign agent and not be dangerous? It was problematic from the start.".
In his decision, Judge Menachem Mizrahi criticized the police, saying: "I cannot give weight to that reason of danger that only surfaced today. Unfortunately, it seems that the police took advantage of the arrest for another investigation, of the Bild documents.".
The judge continued to harshly criticize the police: "They claimed to have an opinion of a breach of security, but when it was finally delivered to me, it was only a draft, unsigned, with no real breach of security.".
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