Cabinet Minister Gila Gamliel has formally requested that the Central Elections Committee examine the State Attorney's Office's conduct regarding the case of PMO adviser Yonatan Urich, accusing it of improper and prohibited interference in the elections.
Minister Gila Gamliel has escalated the political firestorm surrounding the prosecution of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's communications adviser by petitioning the Central Elections Committee. In her appeal, Gamliel alleges the State Attorney's Office has engaged in prohibited conduct meant to influence the electoral process through its handling of Yonatan Urich's indictment. The demand follows a series of developments that The Zioneer has tracked: Urich was indicted on June 9 for leaking classified information to the German newspaper *Bild*, the prosecution's attempt to ban him from the Prime Minister's Office was rejected by a court hours later, and legal commentators have already framed the affair as a clash between the justice system and political aides. Gamliel's move — a cabinet minister directly appealing an election oversight body over a prosecutor's actions — is an unusual procedural step that underscores the deepening political polarization around the case. The Central Elections Committee has not yet responded.
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