British News Agency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement on behalf of the Likud Party, said that audio recordings attributed to Boaz Balat, head of the Police Investigations Department, and published by journalist Amit Segal should concern every citizen in Israel.

Netanyahu alleged that Balat described investigative methods associated with repressive regimes in the recordings, claiming that certain cases are left pending for years and reopened when necessary to exert pressure on individuals. Netanyahu also claimed that the prosecution focuses exclusively on public corruption cases and that these cases were opened against the political right before subsequently collapsing.

Arguing that the prosecution retains these cases to pressure and silence public officials when needed, Netanyahu alleged that this was an attempt by the "deep state" to overthrow right-wing rule.