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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Case 4000

Prosecutor Judith Tirosh arrives for a court hearing in the trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Jerusalem on July 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 9:51 pm
Prosecutors rest case in Netanyahu trial; PM to kick off defense portion on Dec. 2
Corruption trial, in which PM is charged of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, is on pace to last until 2028 or 2029
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, June 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 27, 2024, 8:55 am
Netanyahu’s lawyer tells court PM can only testify in corruption trial in March 2025
Attorney say premier’s management of Hamas war means many months are needed to prepare him to take stand without compromising his legal rights; hearing on matter set for July 9
By ToI Staff
Shlomo Filber, former director-general of the Communications Ministry, at a hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 18, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 8, 2024, 8:50 pm
State witness agreement with former Netanyahu aide Shlomo Filber to be annulled
After contradicting his testimony to police in court on several occasions, ex-Communications Ministry director may now face criminal prosecution
By Jeremy Sharon
Left: Publisher and owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Arnon 'Noni' Mozes arrives for questioning at the Lahav 433 investigation unit in Lod on January 15, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90); Right: Shaul Elovitch after a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court, July 20, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 1, 2024, 7:18 pm
State attorney closes cases against Walla, Yedioth; Netanyahu trial not affected
In deal with state attorney, Bezeq firm, formerly controlled by Shaul Elovitch, to pay NIS 800,000 fine, admit to providing misleading information
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu's attorney Boaz Ben Zur arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, January 8, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 5:44 pm
Netanyahu lawyer quits defense team due to declining health of family member
Boaz Ben Zur, who represents PM in Case 4000 — the most serious of the three — will hand over role to Amid Hadad when prosecution’s case ends
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2024, 11:46 am
Judges say Netanyahu graft hearings to expand to three days a week
Move covers cases in which premier faces fraud and breach of trust charges, rolling back decision to up current pace of two weekly hearings to four, following defense protest
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to listen to video testimony from businessman Arnon Milchan in the prime minister's corruption trial, June 26, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
December 25, 2023, 5:13 pm
Hearings in Netanyahu corruption trial to be held four days a week from February
In light of war, hearings were reduced from three times a week to two when trial resumed in early December; prosecution expects to finish presenting Case 4000 arguments in January
By ToI Staff
A hearing in the trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, December 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 5, 2023, 2:37 pm
Some Netanyahu trial hearings nixed as defense says PM doesn’t have time due to war
Court accedes to request for fewer hearings due to premier’s lack of availability to prepare for testimony of new key witnesses in light of ongoing war against Hamas
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, December 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 4, 2023, 4:12 pm
Netanyahu graft trial resumes in Jerusalem after suspension on October 7
State prosecutor says its part in Case 4000 will be wrapped up by January, cases 1000 and 2000 in following months; Elovitch’s attorneys request 2 hearings per week, down from 3
By ToI Staff and AFP
Avi Alkalay, former editor at the Walla news site, arrives to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, September 12, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 12, 2023, 5:15 pm
Ex-Walla editor: PM’s meddling led news staff to liken him to North Korean dictator
Avi Alkalay describes ‘very aggressive mental coercion’ that slanted coverage in premier’s favor in 2015-2016, says website was ‘a servant of a single family’
By Michael Bachner
Left to right: Netanyahu trial Judges Moshe Bar-Am, Rebecca Friedman-Feldman and Oded Shaham. (Justice Ministry)
August 6, 2023, 9:47 pm
Netanyahu trial judges defend assertion that bribery charge will be hard to prove
Judges also reject allegations made in a public complaints process that they are intimidated by the PM’s trial due to its political and social sensitivities
By Jeremy Sharon
Yinon Magal arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's graft trial, July 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 6:26 pm
Ex-Walla editor denies Netanyahu stories were killed at higher rate than others
Yinon Magal testifies for 2nd day in Netanyahu graft trial, saying police were uninterested in hearing of coverage being skewed for other politicians; court breaks until September
By ToI Staff
Journalist Yinon Magal arrives for a court hearing in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on July 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 7:28 am
At Netanyahu trial, former Walla editor describes ‘outside meddling’ in coverage
Yinon Magal says there were ‘political and economic pressures’ on the news site to remove unfavorable coverage, including of PM’s family and associates
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Former Walla newsroom chief Baruch Shay arrives for a court hearing in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on July 10, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2023, 3:16 pm
At hearing, former Walla editor describes ‘unease’ at Netanyahu’s sway over newsroom
Baruch Shay says copy was sent to higher-ups, ‘at first for approval, then for changes, and there were cases when stories were killed’; speaks of pressure by bosses to play ball
By ToI Staff
People attend a protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on July 1, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 2, 2023, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing July 2: Gallant changes tune on legitimacy of IDF reservist protests
After a week of testimony in the PM’s trial, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur weighs in on what is going wrong; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on airstrike in Syria and aftermath
By ToI Staff
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