Minister Miri Regev’s workplace compiled a rating of cities and localities utilizing the “visitors gentle” methodology in response to the diploma of potential of heads of authorities and key folks within the authority to assist Regev within the primaries. In accordance with this methodology, the ministry acted in opposition to wants raised by these authorities. That is in response to the investigation of this system “Hamakor” which was broadcast tonight on community 13. As a part of the investigation, Raviv Drucker revealed a collection of paperwork, correspondence, and recordings of Minister Miri Regev and her shut circle. As well as, Yonatan Yehosef, who served as the pinnacle of the skilled workers of the Minister of Transportation Miri Regev, was interviewed for this system in an unique interview.
As a part of the interview with him, Yehosef talked in regards to the visitors gentle system launched within the ministry: “It was principally decided by a mix of the outcomes of the primaries that Miri Regev obtained within the final Likud elections. Inexperienced is authorities that it’s important to give to, it’s important to battle for them. Yellow is authorities that, if attainable, can be good. If plainly the treasury is flowing with us – OK. If not – not the tip of the world – ship letters, we’ll discuss.”
For instance, the investigation reveals that within the Gaza Envelope the Merhavim and Shaar Negev councils obtain preferential therapy as a result of closeness of Shay Hajj and Tamir Aidan to Sara Regev. Alternatively, the Eshkol regional council headed by Gadi Yarkoni (who just isn’t a Likud member) was not handled by the Minister of Transportation.
The investigation additionally revealed paperwork wherein Regev indicators by hand on selections that they had been made “in accordance with the steering of the skilled authorities”, together with in circumstances the place the skilled authorities didn’t so instruct or thought the other. For instance, in Regev’s favourite cities: Nof HaGalil, Ashkelon, within the Druze settlement of Kasra-Samieh, and within the Nahal Shurk regional council, numerous works had been carried out opposite to the suggestions of the skilled degree. Alternatively, in circumstances the place the skilled degree beneficial works and initiatives in cities that aren’t rated by Regev, the minister ignored the suggestions. For instance, town of Beit Shemesh was not included within the Ministry of Transportation’s accelerator undertaking.
The investigation additionally reveals paperwork detailing Regev’s rating methodology for Likud activists based mostly on their potential to recruit voters for it within the Likud primaries. The ranks are: diamond (vital lively), anchor (essential lively), central lively and bizarre lively.
Yehosef advised Drucker: “Anybody within the larger classes who will obtain conferences with the Minister will come to the Minister. Through the assembly, she additionally brings in professionals. I can say that there was a man who had driving classes, and wished to oblige his firm to show driving classes to all faculties in Israel. Then She brings me into the assembly to see if it may be performed.”
The way wherein Regev Murat handles the inquiries of political activists who contact her personally was additionally revealed within the investigation. One of many tales revealed is a request from a Likud member to not take away a sidewalk that may be a visitors danger close to his mom’s home in Moshav within the south. On this case the tractors had been already within the area, and the work was stopped on the final minute. The activist delivered a message to the Minister of Transportation wherein he wrote, amongst different issues: “Expensive Miri desires to thanks particularly on behalf of my pricey mom for the fast and pressing assist in order that they do not injury the sidewalk close to her home. They stored telling me that as quickly as Miri knew, it could be resolved instantly and it was.”
Yehosef who served as Regev’s chief of workers testified: “Skilled conferences occur as soon as each two weeks for 2 hours, and that is it. The remainder of the time, she does not take care of something skilled in any respect. Conferences with the CEO, that are alleged to be probably the most skilled conferences there are, solely take care of politics. In jobs, in that activist, in a single or one other take a look at institute. She as soon as advised me, Yonatan, hear, the skilled does not curiosity me in any respect. That is why I’ve a CEO. I am solely right here to do politics.”
Drucker: Is that what she advised you? wow
Yehosef: “We sat down with knowledgeable chief of workers, a political chief of workers. And he or she says to the political chief of workers, you are the one one I am inquisitive about. Yonatan, I am not . I am right here to do politics, to not do skilled issues.” The investigation revealed correspondence within the WhatsApp group (“the kitchen”) of Minister Regev, wherein Moshe Ben Zaken, director basic of the Ministry of Transportation, and Ofer Malka, who’s near Regev, and who was lately rejected because the director basic of the Airports Authority, are amongst others.
That is how a correspondence was revealed within the group on September 23, a month earlier than the outbreak of the struggle, at which era there was an uproar over the Shin Guess’s declare that Minister Regev’s driver tried to run over a safety guard of the group. After the video was revealed wherein Minister Regev rebukes her driving and instructs him to: “Drive,” the Regev workplace is making an attempt to attenuate Damages. Ofer Malka suggests deleting the reminiscence card. The Shin Guess is a black gap, and Malka provides, “The Mossad is worse.”
Within the “Kitchen” group, it was revealed what Regev and her entourage take into consideration political opponents. About Minister Eli Cohen, Regev says: “disgusting, shit of a human being”, Minister Gila Gamaliel calls Regev “a delusional lady”, Ofer Malka, a relative of Regev says that Yair Lapid is “like Nasrallah”, Director Common of the Ministry of Transportation Moshe Ben Zaken Calling Protection Minister Galant “zero from zero”, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotritz: “dwarf, bigot, Napoleon”.
In an interview, Yehosef mentioned: “I by no means thought in my life that I would seem in entrance of a digicam and speak about what occurred. After which when October seventh occurs, some form of darkness falls on my soul, all the sentiments of guilt that I had for all the opposite issues that occurred within the 12 months I used to be together with her, immediately float away. All of the sudden Such: No. And after I take a look at myself I say: ‘I failed’.”
In response to the investigation, Minister Regev mentioned: “This can be a assortment of lies, false claims, half-truths and a distortion of actuality. We remorse that you just relied on the phrases of Yonatan, a former worker, who stole paperwork from the Workplace of the Ministry of Transportation to arrange a defamatory and false investigation in opposition to the Minister of Transportation.” The claims made had been examined by us, one after the other, and located to be factually incorrect. We now have paperwork that refute the claims.
“The unlucky and false try and create a false bias in favor of ‘Likud’ cities is ridiculous. The Minister of Transportation meets usually with mayors or their representatives from the proper and the left, from the periphery and the middle, Jews and non-Jews, as a way to promote transportation initiatives for the advantage of most people for sensible causes solely. Additionally the declare that the minister Serving to solely the Likud folks is a lie. Minister Regev regretted giving a solution to each applicant. It’s unacceptable that the minister would ignore or disparage ‘the Likud folks’.”
The Director Common of the Ministry of Transportation Moshe Ben Zaken responded: “I don’t have interaction in low-cost gossip taken out of context and cooked up in a trending method.” The community famous that the second a part of the investigation specializing in the interval of protest in opposition to the authorized revolution and the struggle shall be broadcast subsequent week.
