Netanyahu wants control over economic data, Lapid charges
Lapid claims that Netanyahu is attempting to appoint an ally as the head of Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics in order to gain control of the data.
By ELIAV BREUER
The government is attempting to appoint an ally as the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics to gain control of the data that reaches the public, opposition leader Yair Lapid said Tuesday. Lapid’s comments from a KAN radio interview came in the wake of a KAN report Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff had directed the CBS to freeze all hiring until the prime minister chooses an ally to lead the organization.
KAN reported last month that Netanyahu at first had tried and failed to appoint the current director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office, Yossi Shelley. Shelley is a long-time Likud member and ally of Netanyahu, and prior to his current position he served as ambassador to Brazil.
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Lapid claims that Netanyahu is attempting to appoint an ally as the head of Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics in order to gain control of the data.
By ELIAV BREUER
The government is attempting to appoint an ally as the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics to gain control of the data that reaches the public, opposition leader Yair Lapid said Tuesday. Lapid’s comments from a KAN radio interview came in the wake of a KAN report Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff had directed the CBS to freeze all hiring until the prime minister chooses an ally to lead the organization.
KAN reported last month that Netanyahu at first had tried and failed to appoint the current director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office, Yossi Shelley. Shelley is a long-time Likud member and ally of Netanyahu, and prior to his current position he served as ambassador to Brazil.
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