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Monday, December 15, 2025
Ohana brings Paraguay parliament speaker to Netanyahu’s trial in show of support
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The president of Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies, Raúl Latorre, goes to the Tel Aviv District Court to lend his support to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is giving testimony in his criminal trial on corruption charges.
Latorre is brought into the courtroom by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana as the judges and the prosecution attorney discuss a final matter before ending the hearing early.
Judge Rivka Feldman-Friedman then declares the hearing closed after less than an hour and a half of testimony from Netanyahu, after the judges had on Sunday responded to Netanyahu’s request to cancel the hearing by reducing it from a full day to just two hours.
ראש הממשלה @netanyahu עם נשיא בית הנבחרים של פרגוואי ויו"ר הכנסת @AmirOhana pic.twitter.com/L9E6HHYxjD
— כנרת בראשי kinneret barashi (@BarashiKinneret) December 15, 2025
After the judges leave, Netanyahu and Latorre exchange a few words and then leave the courtroom to speak outside.
“We are here to give you our full support. We admire you and see you as one of the main leaders of the free world,” Latorre tells Netanyahu.
“My brother here spoke with me about how unfair this trial is,” Latorre continues in reference to Ohana, with Netanyahu interjecting and calling the trial “comical.”
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