2-hour ‘Bibi Files’ shows PM repeating ‘I don’t know,’ wife and son berating cops

The screening of the two-hour film “The Bibi Files” has gone ahead in Toronto, Canada, featuring filmed and recorded excerpts from police interrogations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, his son Yair and others as part of the corruption cases into the premier that led to the ongoing trial.

While the film cannot legally be broadcast in Israel since it features leaked interrogation footage, the producers — including Alexis Bloom and Alex Gibney and Israeli journalist Raviv Drucker — have expressed hope it will get to the country via other avenues.

According to reports from the screening, the film shows dozens of instances in which Netanyahu answered “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember,” in a way described by Haaretz as rendering these words comically unbelievable.

The report says that in one instance, the premier is asked how many bottles of champagne billionaire Arnon Milchan gave his wife each time, reacting that he doesn’t deal with bottle-counting and that the numbers he is familiar with are those of the warheads held by Israel’s enemies.

In another excerpt, when presented with claims by his former adviser Nir Hefetz and by Bezeq controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch, Netanyahu appears furious and shouts “Liars! Liars!”

Sara and Yair Netanyahu are shown, separately, confronting their interrogators. Yair accuses them of being part of a plot to oust his father and joining forces with the “extreme left,” while Sara is seen telling the officers they are fed by lies and threatening to get up and leave if that continues, saying: “What will you do? Stop me with force?”

Multiple reports say the movie doesn’t bring much new that hasn’t been reported before, but adds that seeing the video clips rather than written transcripts gives a better understanding of the dynamics and the prime minister’s psyche during the questioning, and that the movie is primarily aimed at foreign audiences.

The movie is reportedly constructed chronologically, laying out the story starting with Netanyahu’s 2015 election win and ending at this time. An interview with commentary from Drucker — who declares himself “the enemy of the Netanyahu family” — runs between the interrogation excerpts, alongside comments by officials including former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon and former prime minister Ehud Olmert.

The Haaretz report says the screenings concluded without disruption, although dozens of anti-Netanyahu protesters were at the entrance to the hall.