Analysis Israel's Health Czar, Accused of Aiding Pedophile, Knows He Can Do As He Pleases

By Mordechai Kremnitzer
Haaretz
August 8, 2019

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-s-de-facto-health-minister-embroiled-in-corruption-can-to-do-as-he-pleases-1.7649759

Recent police allegations show that in Yaakov Litzman's case, public interest isn't a priority. But will Netanyahu do anything about it?

In today’s Israel, the man who is ostensibly the deputy health minister, but is the health minister de facto, has prima facie used his governmental powers to confer benefits on those he favors. Judging by the police’s description, this deputy minister, whose status is so exalted that he has made the prime minister forget during a recent government meeting that he is also actually the health minister, acts as if the public gave him power so that he could do whatever he pleases.

The police say Yaakov Litzman rushed to rescue a favorite restaurant – which even named some of its dishes after him – from an impending closure order over its poor hygiene. The listeria bacterium was repeatedly found in its salads, and a woman who ate there had a miscarriage.