The first day of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing ends after over 11 hours.
Netanyahu was not present at the deliberations, which were held at the Justice Ministry’s headquarters on Salah ad-Din Street in Jerusalem, but was represented by his attorneys, including Ram Caspi and Amit Hadad.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, State Attorney Shai Nitzan, the prosecutor in Netanyahu’s three corruption probes Liat Ben-Ari and dozens of other officials and attorneys also took part.
Today’s hearing concerned Case 4000, focused on alleged illicit ties between Netanyahu and Bezeq telecom controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch.
The hearing will resume tomorrow morning and is set to continue next week.
Netanyahu is suspected of breach of trust and fraud charges in three corruption probes, and of bribery in one of them.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
