The suspect who allegedly forged the "Galant document" is Lt.-Col. (res.) Boaz Harpaz, Israel Radio reported overnight Friday.According to the report, Harpaz, a businessman and mid-ranking IDF official, is currently abroad and will be investigated by police upon his arrival in Israel, who are interested whether Harpaz acted on his own will or was instructed to forge the document.RELATED:Barak to resume interviews for IDF headState: We don't need Channel 2's copyAnalysis: ‘In the care of worthy commanders’Harpaz has served in various positions in Military Intelligence (AMMAN) in the past.Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday commended the police for a quick and professional investigation into the Galant case during a telephone conversation with Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Dudi Cohen and Yoav Segalovitch, who heads the police investigations and intelligence department.Barak said that the quick actions of the police meant that attempts to disrupt the investigation could be avoided.Earlier Friday, Col. Gabi Siboni, a close friend of OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen Gadi Eisencott, admitted to leaking the Galant document to Channel 2.According to reports, Siboni claims the document is authentic, and although he leaked it, he said he had no part in its creation. The Galant affair involved a document leaked to Channel 2 which detailed a PR campaign to secure the chief of general staff position for Maj.-Gen Yoav Galant.The admission came after police on Thursday declared the document to be a forgery and cleared all candidates for the position of charges and presumably ending the affair.“There is no basis to suspect Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi of being involved in drawing up the document,” police said, adding that all of the major candidates for the position have also been cleared of involvement.
Galant 'document forger' named
Lt.-Col. (res.) Boaz Harpaz will be questioned upon arrival in Israel.
