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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Ministry of Justice (Israel)<br />
| logo = Ministry of Justice of Israel emblem.png<br />
| type = Government ministry<br />
| location = Jerusalem, Israel<br />
| key_people = [[Dina Zilber]] (former Deputy Attorney General); [[Marlene Mazel]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Ministry of Justice''' of Israel is the government ministry responsible for the state's legal affairs. It houses the Attorney General's office and its deputies. In April 2024 the hacking group [[Anonymous for Justice]] released a large cache of its files, which [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] later published.<ref name="DDoSMoJ">Distributed Denial of Secrets, [https://ddosecrets.org/article/israel-ministry-of-justice Israel Ministry of Justice] ''ddosecrets.org'', 25 July 2024, accessed 21 October 2026. DDoSecrets lists the dataset in its "Cyberwar" category, warning of "an increased chance of malware, ulterior motives and altered or implanted data".</ref> The files show ministry lawyers advising on the design of the state–donor propaganda vehicle [[Kela Shlomo]] (later [[Concert - Together for Israel|Concert]]), on its exposure under the US [[Foreign Agents Registration Act]] (FARA), and on court challenges to it.<br />
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== Role in Israel's advocacy programmes ==<br />
The leaked documents have not been independently verified. According to them:<br />
* '''January 2018.''' The [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy]] sought an exemption to hire a US law firm on FARA. [[Robert Kelner]] of [[Covington & Burling LLP|Covington & Burling]] was dropped for "policy considerations", and [[Sandler Reiff]] was chosen.<ref name="MoJT93">Israel Ministry of Justice leak (Distributed Denial of Secrets), Ministry of Strategic Affairs revised exemption request (form T-93) to engage a US law firm on FARA, updated 24 January 2018 (Hebrew), [https://search.libraryofleaks.org/entities/9397718.9b6a5bbd2d47997609eab88f0b25c78b0c29a8e4 Library of Leaks entity 9397718] ''Library of Leaks'', accessed 21 October 2026. Leaked document; authenticity not independently verified.</ref><br />
* '''January 2018.''' Freedom of information requests about Kela Shlomo from the [[Movement for Freedom of Information]] and a journalist were refused, except for the release of an opinion by Deputy Attorney General [[Dina Zilber]].<ref name="MoJFOI2018">Israel Ministry of Justice leak (Distributed Denial of Secrets), correspondence on freedom of information requests concerning Kela Shlomo, January 2018 (Hebrew), [https://search.libraryofleaks.org/entities/10893643.f8060da471e3ad62575f022b6333582c0b06f531 Library of Leaks entity 10893643] ''Library of Leaks'', accessed 21 October 2026. Leaked document; authenticity not independently verified.</ref><br />
* '''December 2018.''' The State's preliminary response to [[Shachar Ben-Meir]]'s High Court petition, HCJ 3428/18, promised "real and effective supervision" of the venture (translated from Hebrew).<ref name="MoJHCJ2018">Israel Ministry of Justice leak (Distributed Denial of Secrets), State's preliminary response in HCJ 3428/18, December 2018 (Hebrew), [https://search.libraryofleaks.org/entities/9950367.ec53ed55c3aa1ba4aaae8d238cb04d580e45e9f0 Library of Leaks entity 9950367] ''Library of Leaks'', accessed 21 October 2026. Leaked document; authenticity not independently verified.</ref><br />
* '''December 2021.''' [[Marlene Mazel]] and a Foreign Ministry lawyer asked [[Arnold and Porter|Arnold & Porter]] ([[John Bellinger]], [[Amy Jeffress]]) to review the Concert renewal for FARA concerns.<ref name="MoJAP2021">Israel Ministry of Justice leak (Distributed Denial of Secrets), email exchange between the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Ministry and Arnold & Porter, 1–3 December 2021, [https://search.libraryofleaks.org/entities/10945460.902336e1cd59ab33a97b0668073a9d16e7fdcd3d Library of Leaks entity 10945460] ''Library of Leaks'', accessed 21 October 2026. Leaked document; authenticity not independently verified.</ref><br />
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== The 2024 leak ==<br />
DDoSecrets says the dataset, released by [[Anonymous for Justice]] in April 2024, holds 800,000 emails and 200,000 documents. It quotes the Israeli National Cyber Directorate as saying that an investigation had been opened under a gag order.<ref name="DDoSMoJ" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Anonymous for Justice]]<br />
* [[Dina Zilber]]<br />
* [[Marlene Mazel]]<br />
* [[Kela Shlomo]]<br />
* [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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