Singer Margalit Tzan'ani ("Margol") has been remanded for six days, instead of the nine days requested by police. The Magistrates' Court at Rishon LeTzion remanded the oriental-style singer's son Assaf and several other suspects for nine days.
Tzan'ani is suspected of blackmailing her agent, Assaf Atadgi, of conspiracy to commit a crime and of illegal threats.
Atadgi himself said Wednesday that he had not filed a complaint against Tzan'ani. "I was not blackmailed and I was not threatened at any stage," he said. "My heart aches over Margol's arrest. We are still friends and I am still her agent."
IDF Radio police reporter Hadas Shtaif wrote on her Facebook page that she has known "for weeks" of the impending arrest of Tzan'ani but could not report about it. Assuming she is telling the truth, this would pull the rug underneath the theory making the rounds among nationalists, according to which Tzan'ani's arrest was the left wing establishment's retribution for a statement that she made against the housing protests.
She came under furious attack for daring to criticize the protest and wound up apologizing and performing before protesters in Be'er Sheva.