Liat Ben-Ari the prosecutor in the Netanyahu cases on suspicion of construction offenses

The Deputy State Attorney and the prosecutor in the Netanyahu cases, Liat Ben-Ari, was recently summoned for questioning together with her husband Aviv Shviki, on suspicion of construction offenses in a property registered in their name in Rosh HaAyin. According to the municipal inspectorate, Ben-Ari is suspected of splitting the apartment she owns into two housing units without a permit, which could be considered a criminal offense. The Ministry of Justice denied Ben-Ari's summons to a hearing, but the Rosh HaAyin municipality confirmed the details to Haaretz.
This is a hearing before an indictment is filed, a municipal investigative procedure that is customary on the issue of construction offenses, during which the suspects are questioned. Following the hearing before the municipal prosecution, a decision will be made whether to file an indictment against her for construction offenses. At the same time, Ben-Ari is in the process of splitting the apartment before the planning and construction committee in the Rosh HaAyin municipality.
About a week ago, Adv. Bat Or Kahanovitz, the company with Ben-Ari in the State Attorney's Office, addressed the mayor of Rosh HaAyin and his deputy, and warned that decisions should be made in Ben-Ari's case. Ari along with five other residents who allegedly carried out a split in their apartment. "Do not accept an application from a public official demanding that Man Dhao be prosecuted," she added. Of the law enforcement agencies to act without any involvement of elected officials, including all the cases handled by them. "
The Rosh HaAyin municipality responded: "The investigation file is pending and cannot be commented on. When the investigation is completed, the case will be transferred to the prosecution like any other case, and the prosecution will make a decision as it sees fit."
The alleged construction offense was first published by Adv. Kinneret Brashi, who posted on the social network letters from municipal inspector Ziv Miller, who testified about the alleged construction offenses he found on the property. At the level of principle, in accordance with the consistent policy we have adopted over the years regarding the independence of the criminal prosecution, "she wrote.