Eisenkot Urges Attorney General to Decide Braverman Case Before Elections

Yashar! party leader Gadi Eisenkot has called on the Attorney General to make a decision in the case of Tzachi Braverman, the former chief of staff to the Prime Minister, ahead of the upcoming elections. The demand follows reports regarding alterations made by Braverman to the timestamp of a phone call recorded in an official protocol from the morning of October 7.

Braverman's associates rejected the allegations in a statement to Israel Hayom, asserting that the change was made in good faith based on the information available to him at the time.

"We regret that he has fallen victim to election-season propaganda," his associates stated. "This case has been sitting on the Attorney General's desk for a year and a half, and that fact alone is enough for any fair-minded person to ask what is going on here."

Good Faith or Alteration?

According to Braverman's version of events, he explained during police questioning that he manually changed the timestamp following a conversation he held with the Prime Minister's former military secretary, Maj. Gen. (res.) Avi Gil, at 06:33 on the morning of October 7.

His associates explained that during that conversation, Gil told Braverman he had just finished speaking with the Prime Minister, leading Braverman to believe that was the call referenced in the protocol. Only later, they claimed, did it become clear that another conversation had taken place between Gil and Benjamin Netanyahu at 06:40—a call Braverman was allegedly unaware of.

Police investigated Braverman on suspicion of altering the protocol to change the time of the call between Netanyahu and Gil from 06:40 to 06:29. The investigation concluded in July 2025, and the case was forwarded to the State Attorney's Office and the Attorney General. Braverman has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

Eisenkot Demands Transparency

In his letter to the Attorney General, Eisenkot argued that the latest reports are part of what he called "a series of publications showing that the falsification and distortion of official protocols is a systematic pattern of operation, carried out with the knowledge and instruction of the Prime Minister and his closest advisors."

"These are suspicions of some of the gravest offenses on the books, especially when involving the Prime Minister and his inner circle," he wrote.

Eisenkot urged the Attorney General to respond to his inquiry by October 16, emphasizing that the public has a right to know the findings before casting their ballots.