Netanyahu’s lawyers demand prosecutors reveal info from Filber’s hacked phone

Attorneys for former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu file an appeal to the court to order prosecutors to turn over information illegally obtained from the phone of key state’s witness Shlomo Filber, the former director of the Communications Ministry.

Lawyers for Netanyahu and for co-defendants Shaul and Iris Elovitch, former Bezeq controlling shareholders, demand prosecutors share with the defense or with the court the information obtained.

Yesterday, prosecutors admitted that Filber’s phone was hacked with the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware without appropriate judicial oversight, but claimed that no relevant information was found or used in the case and therefore the trial should proceed as scheduled.

The proceedings are tied to Case 4000, in which Netanyahu is alleged to have advanced regulatory decisions as communications minister and prime minister that immensely benefited Elovitch. In exchange, Netanyahu was allegedly granted editorial control over Elovitch’s Walla news site.