Bild leak affair

President Judge Menahem Mizrahi said there was no real dispute that Netanyahu’s testimony had become the main obstacle to completing the probe.

Justice Kasher says the case does not warrant third-instance intervention after lower courts faulted state for filing too late; Bild restrictions remain on a separate track.

Defense attorneys Amit Hadad and Noa Milstein argued that the ongoing restrictions are disproportionate, noting that Urich has been subject to various restrictive conditions since his initial arrest.

A magistrate’s court lifted the travel ban on PMO chief Tzachi Braverman, citing the Iran war. The ruling allows him to serve as UK Ambassador despite the ongoing "midnight meeting" investigation.

The Jerusalem Post queried the Israel Police and has yet to receive any comments.

Braverman’s representatives agreed to temporarily extend the restrictions until Thursday, after police submitted a request to continue the conditions shortly before they were due to lapse.

The case placed the court squarely at the intersection of two weighty public interests: the independence of criminal investigations and the protection of a free press.

Judge Michael Karshen accepted the police appeal against a lower court decision that had largely lifted the conditions imposed on Braverman, who is under investigation.

The case is part of the so-called “midnight meeting” affair, tied to the broader probe into the leak of classified documents to the German newspaper Bild.

The Monday decision revealed that Tzachi Braverman made use of sensitive information obtained through his official role in connection with the investigation into leaked classified materials.