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Attorney Cohavit Nezah-Dolev

Netanyahu family's lawyer made district attorney

Attorney who represents the Netanyahu family and Prime Minister Office in lawsuit by former caretaker Meni Naftali is chosen as Jerusalem District Attorney.

Attorney Cohavit Nezah-Dolev, who is representing the Netanyahu family and the Prime Minister's Office in an ongoing lawsuit, was chosen Tuesday by the Tender Committee of the Civil Service Commission to be Jerusalem District (Civil) Attorney.

 

Nezah-Dolev is defending the prime minister in the lawsuit filed by Meni Naftali, the former caretaker of the Prime Minister's Residence, who says his rights as a worker were trampled on.

 

 

The legal advisor to the PMO, Shlomit Barnea-Farago, who defended the prime minister's family during the state comptroller's probe into the premier's expenses report, is also a member of the Tender Committee.

 

Sara and Benjamin Netanyahu about to embark for Washington, DC in March (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
Sara and Benjamin Netanyahu about to embark for Washington, DC in March (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

 

Other members of the committee include State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan and former president of the Jerusalem District Court Musia Arad, who also served as committee chairwoman.

 

Nezah-Dolev will replace Attorney Liora Havilio, who was recently selected as Tel Aviv District (Civil) Attorney.

 

Since joining the Jerusalem DA's office in 1994, Nezah-Dolev has filled a number of roles, and has been deputy attorney general since 2008.

 

Meni Naftali, former superintendent at the Prime Minister's Residence (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
Meni Naftali, former superintendent at the Prime Minister's Residence (Photo: Gil Yohanan)

 

Meni Naftali claims his rights as a worker were trampled on during the time he worked as the caretaker for the official Prime Minister's Residence.

 

Naftali claims the residency promised him a permanent position but failed to make good on its word.

 

He also made personal accusations against Mrs. Netanyahu, claiming he suffered "insults, as well as financial, emotional and physical damages that led him, after being humiliated repeatedly, to write a resignation letter and leave his post at once."

 

His lawsuit made several claims about what goes on in the prime minister's official residence.

 

"He discovered that he would have to deal with a bitter and deficient staff, an unreasonable workload, and a ceaseless turnover of household employees who refused to work for the prime minister's wife, Mrs. Netanyahu," the lawsuit stated.

 

 

Attorney Shlomit Barnea-Farago, legal advisor to the PMO (Photo: Atta Awisat)
Attorney Shlomit Barnea-Farago, legal advisor to the PMO (Photo: Atta Awisat)
 

 

In March, Nezah-Dolev carried out an aggressive investigation of the former superintendent after he filed his lawsuit.

 

Early in the trial, Nezah-Dolev accused Naftali of launching the suit because he was debt-ridden.

 

At one point, the judge halted the proceedings. "Unfortunately, questioning of the plaintiff has turned to matters that have no relevance to the proceedings before us, and to the questions in dispute between the parties, while disproportionally invading the plaintiff's privacy," said the judge.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 05.26.15, 20:22
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