MK Avi Dichter (Likud), chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, referred to the hacking of Benny Gantz, chairman of Blue and White's cellphone by Iran.
"I cannot recall a precedent where an enemy state in the order of Iran, a regional power in the cyber field, broke into the cellphone of someone who sees himself running for prime minister.
It would not be the first instance where enemy intelligence services made use of sensitive material Believe me, I know these things well, the potential is deadly, but it must not happen to us. "
"The thought that a prime minister in Israel could be subject to extortion by Israel's No. 1 enemy is inconceivable and unacceptable. The only way I know that might prevent him from being blackmailed is to put the content of the phone on the public agenda in Israel," Dichter said.