Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut informed Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked that she has formed a disciplnary court to deal with the complaint against Justice Ronit Poznansky-Katz.
Shaked had ordered that Poznansky-Katz face disciplinary charges after a Channel 10 report revealed a series of messages on WhatsApp between Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz and an investigator from the Israel Securities Authority. The investigator had been tasked with probing suspicions that a Netanyahu aide provided chief Bezeq shareholder Shaul Elovitch with regulatory benefits in exchange for sympathetic coverage to the prime minister and his wife on the Walla! news website, which is owned by Elovitch.
In the messages, the Israel Securities Authority official informed Poznansky-Katz of his agency’s intention to request that several suspects’ arrests be extended, telling the judge to “act surprised” when he makes the request in court.