The tainted election of Israel's new state watchdog, a position meant to safeguard integrity and fight corruption, was anything but. Michael Rabello joins an orgy of dubious and deeply flawed appointments by Benjamin Netanyahu
The tainted election of Israel's new state watchdog, a position meant to safeguard integrity and fight corruption, was anything but. Michael Rabello joins an orgy of dubious and deeply flawed appointments by Benjamin Netanyahu
06:03 AM • June 04 2026 IDT
If the newly elected state watchdog, Michael Rabello, were a reasonable man, he would have been quick to announce that he is refusing the honor after seeing how the vote in the Knesset was tainted by threats and overt pressure.
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