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Netanyahu attorneys expected to request delay in testimony of key witness whose phone was hacked
Attorneys of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former owner of the Walla news site, Shaul Elovitch, are expected to request a delay in the testimony of state’s witness Shlomo Filber in Netanyahu’s criminal trial, Channel 13 news reports.
This follows revelations that the ex-director-general of the Communications Ministry, Shlomo Filber, apparently had his phone illicitly hacked by police during the investigation.