Overview
- Israel's High Court on Tuesday refused to reconsider retired judge Asher Kula for the role overseeing the leak investigation.
- The decision denied Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s third attempt to seat Kula as head of the inquiry.
- The judges characterized Levin’s renewed proposal as “extremely difficult.”
- Levin says he approached dozens of candidates and has reached a dead end, and he publicly criticized the court and police after the ruling.
- The inquiry concerns a leaked video allegedly showing Israeli guards abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman facility.