From TV: State prosecutor wants to charge Netanyahu with bribery in 2 cases
State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan believes Netanyahu should stand trial for bribery in two cases, known as 2000 and 4000, according to Channel 10.
Earlier on Wednesday, Nitzan said he finished work on the three criminal cases against Netanyahu and transferred the case material to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who will decide whether to indict the premier.
According to the TV report, the state prosecutor is convinced that the prime minister should be charged with bribery in two of the three cases against him. In Case 1000, the third case, prosecutors are still split, the TV report says.
In Case 1000, Netanyahu is suspected of receiving benefits worth about NIS 1 million ($282,000) from billionaire benefactors, including Israeli Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, in exchange for assistance on various issues.
Case 2000 involves a suspected illicit quid pro quo deal between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes that would have seen the prime minister hobble a rival daily newspaper, the Sheldon Adelson-backed freebie Israel Hayom, in return for more favorable coverage from Yedioth.
In Case 4000 Netanyahu is suspected of advancing regulatory decisions as communications minister and prime minister that benefited Shaul Elovitch, the controlling shareholder in Bezeq, the country’s largest telecommunications firm, in exchange for positive coverage from Elovitch’s Walla news site.
The state prosecutor also wants to put Mozes and the Elovitch couple on trial on bribery charges, the report says.
The Times of Israel Community.