Menachem Finkelstein

Ombudsman Menachem Finkelstein ruled that a Tel Aviv prosecutor without security clearance mishandled a sensitive Shin Bet veteran's PTSD case for over a year, requesting seven delays and violating security protocols.

A chain of errors led to the fact that a defendant accused of assaulting a minor was not brought to trial four years after the incident. An indictment was deleted, the defendant managed to leave the country, and even upon his return, nothing was done about the matter for about 15 months. "This may have consequences for the minor and his family," the ombudsman determined.