A series of documents has strengthened the suspicion that footage of "Qatargate" suspect Eli Feldstein was deleted from security cameras in sensitive areas of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), as seen by Walla on Tuesday.
PMO Deputy Director of Security Alon Haliva is expected to provide open testimony in the case of classified documents exposed in the German outlet, Bild.
Feldstein, who is a defendant in the classified documents case and is suspected in the "Qatargate" affair, is under house arrest.
However, the latest documents raise questions about the conduct of the police investigating the "Qatargate" affair.
These questions grow in light of a letter sent to Haliva in November by the government's Deputy Attorney-General Gil Limon, in which Limon warned Haliva against interfering with investigations after Haliva requested to receive updates, as well as a list of materials seized from the PMO.
The latest documents, obtained by Walla, combined with conversations with sources knowledgeable about the matter, raise many questions regarding the control over documents and footage from security cameras in the most classified rooms in the PMO.
One example of this can be found in an unusual legal discussion that was supposed to take place two weeks ago regarding a commercial dispute over construction work carried out in the sensitive areas of the PMO.
The hearing was over an appeal filed by K.M.A.C. Entrepreneurship and Advanced Construction Ltd., claiming that they performed a contract for construction work at the PMO as a subcontractor and claimed that the main contractor did not pay them the full amount for their work.
Haliva's alleged involvement comes as he signed the contract for the main contractor to purchase and control the security cameras.
Discrepancies in the quantity and quality of cameras supplied to PMO
Haliva did not perform adequate supervision and control over the products supplied, and there were discrepancies in both the quantity of products supplied by the company and the quality of the cameras. Notably, the systems were substandard and did not meet security standards, according to an audit report conducted in 2022 after the tender.
This raises the suspicion that it would be easy to take control of the files and delete them from the PMO.