Shai Nitzan responded
:
“You understand more about politics than I do,” 
haaretz Sunday, October 18, 2020 9:42:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan responded
:
“You understand more about politics than I do,”
haaretz Sunday, October 18, 2020 6:23:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“These unfounded theories, that we’re all extreme leftists, it’s not like I just landed here from outer space,”
timesofisrael Saturday, October 17, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about Roni Alsheich
)
:
“Everyone knows where Mandelblit comes from. All of a sudden, we all became radical leftists? Roni Alsheich, who lived in [West Bank settlements] for part of his life? Mandelblit, who wears a black kippah? Me, who graduated from a yeshiva? We’re all radical leftists? And we all got together to take down Prime Minister Netanyahu? It is all so baseless. It’s simply unbelievable that anyone believes this nonsense,”
timesofisrael Saturday, October 17, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“This is more proof that the theory that says, ‘If it’s Bibi, they’re investigating, and if it’s not, they’re not,’ is baseless,”
timesofisrael Saturday, October 17, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“It only proves that we work according to the evidence. What Mandelblit is going through now, happened to me for a long time while the case against Netanyahu was with the police. It’s a strange situation. We are public servants who are doing our job. No one can prove there are other considerations here,”
timesofisrael Saturday, October 17, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“There are those, whose motives are clear to everyone, who continue to spread completely unfounded conspiracy theories, which completely contradict the facts,”
timesofisrael Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:26:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about Avichai Mandelblit
)
:
"The decision regarding Mandelblit's case was made in March 2017, years before the decisions were made in the Prime Minister's cases, and there is no connection between the two,"
ynetnews Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:43:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“As soon as I saw the prime minister of Israel stand in front of the entire country and say that ‘the state prosecutor and the chief of police made an innocent man into a terrorist in order to harm the prime minister’ I said enough,”
timesofisrael Friday, September 11, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“How many lies can you put in one sentence, how much cynicism. To stand before the public and say a sentence like that full of lies… is unthinkable,”
timesofisrael Friday, September 11, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“I said that it can’t be determined if he is a terrorist, that there are indications both ways; I really didn’t back up the police chief in the matter,”
timesofisrael Friday, September 11, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan wrote
:
“It would be hard for me to take the route that the police chief took and act as he did,”
haaretz Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:54:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“It’s a precedent, but there’s always a first”
timesofisrael Sunday, May 24, 2020 8:28:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“the importance of the constitutional right to vote and to be elected,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“at the heart of this position is the view that democracy can and must also deal with extreme and exceptional ideological positions, as long as they do not clearly and precisely meet the grounds for disqualification”
timesofisrael Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan told
:
“Until this year, no application met the required level,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan explained
(
about Balad Party
)
:
“The Balad slate in the [April] elections was part of a unification of two parties — and now [in the September election] is part of a four-party unification under the Joint List. The evidence presented was mainly focused on Balad members, but the request was to reject the entire slate. Since there is no way to disqualify parts of a slate, if the application was accepted, a complete list would be disqualified against which most of its members no claim had been made. It was therefore clear that, legally speaking, there was no reason to disqualify the entire slate,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan responded
:
“I don’t know if he knew or didn’t know. We go according to evidence Bibi does so many things; there are so many people around him. So the claim that if the people around him perpetrated a crime [then] he must have known is not a serious claim,”
jpost Friday, December 27, 2019 2:26:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan stated
:
“I thought that there was bribery: I thought there was an offer and that both sides agreed to the deal, because otherwise there was no bribery But the court must decide this case,”
jpost Friday, December 27, 2019 2:26:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“I was very surprised when I heard his claims against the state prosecution. I would think he would tell them to me and ask for my view in order to possibly fix things,” “I only heard about them for the first time in the media”
jpost Friday, December 27, 2019 2:26:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan stated
:
“A defense lawyer needs to be dedicated to his client’s interest first and foremost. If a defense lawyer views evidencehe needs to tell his client so that the client can tell him whether it is true or not,”
jpost Thursday, December 26, 2019 10:51:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan asked
:
"Also, how can they claim that the prime minister is being set up, while in the Submarines Affair [Case 3000], we did not even find ground for an interrogation, despite heavy pressure [from the public]?" "There was no evidence that would rationalize investigating Netanyahu in that case"
jpost Saturday, December 14, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan told
:
“If a person argues there was no nothing, then cling to that,”
timesofisrael Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“It is not my personal position [to indict]. A team of 25 people sat down — I have no idea what their political views are — and everyone thought an indictment needs to be filed,”
timesofisrael Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about Noni Mozes
)
:
“What is meant by the claim that this is a frame-up? Did I initiate the prime minister’s conversations with Noni Mozes [the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper publisher, at the heart of Case 2000]. Did I fake that, with someone impersonating them? Nobody is claiming that those conversations didn’t take place. So what’s is meant by this claim, ‘I’m being framed’?”
timesofisrael Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“If they succeed in smashing the prosecution, God forbid, everything will fall apart,”
timesofisrael Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“Let’s suppose there was a public figure, for example, who raped,”
timesofisrael Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan explains
:
“Suppose there was a public persona that raped someone, and you were to say to me: ‘But most of the public voted for him.’ What does it matter? It doesn’t work that way in the modern democratic system,”
timesofisrael Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:27:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
"What is ‘framing’? Did I initiate the conversations between Netanyahu and [ Yediot Aharonot publisher Noni] Mozes? I faked them, as though someone was imitating them? There is no argument that these conversations took place. I don't know what 'he smoked a few cigars' means - the indictment filed against Netanyahu speaks to a value of about 700,000 shekels [in cigars],"
israelnationalnews Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:42:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
"Suppose there was a public person who committed rape, and you would tell me, 'Most of the public voted.' What does that mean? It doesn't work that way in the modern democratic method. I don't compare rape to the current charges, but you can't make legal decisions like it’s a reality show. The legal fate of a person cannot be decided by a vote at the ballot box,"
israelnationalnews Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:42:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan asked
:
“I organized the conversations between Netanyahu and [Yedioth Ahronoth publisher] Noni Mozes?”
timesofisrael Thursday, December 12, 2019 3:51:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan saying
(
about Shai Nitzan
)
:
"Shai Nitzan has no limits in trying to overthrow the Likud government under my leadership"
israelnationalnews Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:33:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“Attributing malicious intent to our decisions in the prime minister’s affairs is entirely baseless,”
timesofisrael Sunday, December 8, 2019 11:47:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about British
)
:
"My mission was, if I could, to abolish all the defense regulations set by the British. Most notably, Regulation 119 regarding the demolition of terrorists' homes,"
israelnationalnews Friday, December 6, 2019 4:26:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“I have to say I was shocked to hear his public attacks on the prosecution,”
timesofisrael Monday, December 2, 2019 10:07:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan wrote
:
“I asked anyone who is willing to make media appearances about this,”
jpost Sunday, November 17, 2019 11:02:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“In retrospect, it should have been done differently,” “In that we all made a mistake. Not because the hearing was compromised, but to keep up appearances”
timesofisrael Tuesday, November 5, 2019 1:53:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan wrote
:
“I was astounded to learn… that in recent days you took action in relation to the CSC on the issue of the tender,” “You asked not just to delay the date of the committee [decision] but to abolish the position. All this without a word or half a word to me. This conduct raises severe questions”
timesofisrael Friday, September 27, 2019 7:09:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“You will realize without a shadow of a doubt that even if mistakes are made in haste, there is no malice here,” “Before you are a group of people who seek truth and justice. I promise you that claims of trumping up charges or having ulterior motives are false and you will see this within a short period of time”
timesofisrael Monday, June 24, 2019 12:25:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
"Our duty is one - one law for all, one rule of law for all, from the leaders of the country to the last of the citizens ... There will be no discrimination between the rich and the weak. We do not know what laws will be enacted here in the future, but I know that no law can prevent justice and truth from winning. "
jpost Monday, May 27, 2019 6:23:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“Over the past year, and even beforehand, we have witnessed an increase in the attacks against the law enforcement system,”
timesofisrael Monday, May 27, 2019 4:01:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“We will continue our work as we have so far, in an honest, professional, thorough and swift way. Until a final decision is made at the end of the hearing, nothing will deter us,”
timesofisrael Monday, March 4, 2019 2:27:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“There is no basis for these claims,”
jpost Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:51:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“The public’s right to know and other legal principles require [we] act in such a way,”
jpost Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:51:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“The decisions were made only on the basis of material considerations based on evidence. The question of the suspect’s political identity does not interest us,”
timesofisrael Sunday, March 3, 2019 9:35:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“We will continue our work as we have so far, in an honest, professional, thorough and swift way. Until a final decision is made at the end of the hearing, nothing will deter us,”
timesofisrael Sunday, March 3, 2019 9:35:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“The decisions were made only on the basis of material considerations based on evidence. The question of the suspect’s political identity does not interest us,”
timesofisrael Sunday, March 3, 2019 7:51:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“The decisions were made only on the basis of material considerations based on evidence. The question of the suspect’s political identity does not interest us,”
timesofisrael Sunday, March 3, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“There is only one posture toward terrorism: It must be fought by all legal means,”
timesofisrael Thursday, January 3, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“There is a single attitude to terror,”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 9:49:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“We will not be afraid and we will not be deterred by anyone,”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 8:17:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“We will not be afraid and we will not be deterred by anyone,”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 6:46:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“The attorney general, myself, and all the others involved in the work are committed to ending the discussions as soon as possible,” “We are in the midst of the process and when it is finished we will publish a clear and formal announcement”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 6:46:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“There is a single attitude to terror,” “It must be fought by all legal means. Terrorism on both sides endangers state security”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 6:46:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“We will not be afraid and we will not be deterred by anyone,”
timesofisrael Monday, December 31, 2018 3:49:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan told
:
“We have made and will continue to make every effort to finish the work as soon as possible,”
timesofisrael Wednesday, December 19, 2018 11:08:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about State Prosecutor
)
:
“In recent weeks I have been provided a draft recommendation by the [State Prosecution’s] Tax and Finance Department, after careful study of the investigation material,” “In recent months I have held exhaustive meetings with the prosecution and clarified various judicial and evidence-related questions,”
timesofisrael Wednesday, December 19, 2018 11:08:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“in the coming days discussions will begin in the attorney general’s office in order to come to a final decision”
timesofisrael Wednesday, December 19, 2018 9:37:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
(
about State Prosecutor
)
:
"After receiving the drafts of the prime minister's questionings, I held meetings in which extensive material and evidence were presented to me and other officials from the State Attorney's office. In the coming days we will begin deliberations with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit,"
ynetnews Wednesday, December 19, 2018 7:50:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan says
:
“in the coming days discussions will begin in the attorney general’s office in order to come to a final decision”
timesofisrael Wednesday, December 19, 2018 6:53:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
“It is decisive for me to hear the recommendation of the police,” “The police efforts to gather evidence is hard work, and the country cannot exist without it. We want to get to the truth. This bill says no, don’t listen to them. You won’t hear them. For us to deal with crime the best way, give us the tools. Please don’t tie my hands or my fingers behind my back”
jpost Wednesday, November 22, 2017 7:22:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan stated
:
“enabling a serving president, or any other leader, to continue to serve while ignoring substantial criminal suspicions against him is what will harm the state, its honor and its status, and will also harm the honor and status of the public figure concerned”
jpost Monday, November 13, 2017 12:42:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan stated
:
“a serious blow to the rule of law,”
jpost Monday, November 13, 2017 12:42:00 AM EAT
Shai Nitzan said
:
"We won't take a decision just to please somebody or to satisfy a certain public sentiment. This has never been the case and never will be,"
ynetnews Friday, January 20, 2017 7:53:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan wrote
:
"You cannot overstate the importance of carrying out the (demolition) order in a case that has become a touchstone for our ability to maintain and protect the rule of law and enforce the law without fear or bias,"
ynetnews Saturday, July 30, 2016 5:45:00 PM EAT
Shai Nitzan wrote
:
"You cannot overstate the importance of carrying out the (demolition) order in a case that has become a touchstone for our ability to maintain and protect the rule of law and enforce the law without fear or bias,"
ynetnews Saturday, July 30, 2016 4:36:00 PM EAT
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