The indictment against Netanyahu was filed in the Jerusalem District Court

The Mandelblit District Court handed the indictment in cases 1000, 2000 and 4000 to the court, since the prime minister waived the Knesset's immunity request. Netanyahu's associates: "Obsessive persecution"

The indictment against Netanyahu was filed in the Jerusalem District Court

Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit on Tuesday indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in files 1000 (the gift case), 2000 (the Netanyahu-Moses case) and 4000 (Bezeq-IS case) for bribery, fraud and breach of court District of Jerusalem. He allegedly committed these crimes during his tenure as Prime Minister and Minister of Communications. The court reasoned the move by Netanyahu's waiver of the Knesset's request for immunity, as required by law.

In addition, an indictment was filed against the couple Saul and Iris Eloovic, the former controlling shareholder of the Bezeq group, for crimes of bribery, disruption of legal proceedings and impeachment in an investigation under Case 4000, as well as other crimes against Eloovic. It was also decided to indict also the controlling and responsible editor of the Yedioth Ahronoth group Noni Moses, in the offense of offering a bribe in the 2000 case.

According to the law, an indictment against an incumbent prime minister is filed with the Jerusalem District Court, and will be made up of three judges. The judge in the case is the president of the Capital District Court - Justice Aaron Farkash.

At the time of the indictment, the prosecutor's office asked the court for 45 days to issue a certificate of intelligence on intelligence materials contained in the investigation file. This means that the materials will not be used as evidence by the prosecution, but will also not be provided to the defense team.

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Indictments against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Image Processing)

This morning with his announcement of withdrawing the request for immunity, Netanyahu explained his decision in the Trump administration's peace plan, claiming that the procedure was unfair. "I will not let my opponents interfere with the historic move I am leading," Netanyahu said. "At this fateful hour for the people of Israel, while I am in the U.S. on a historic mission to shape Israel's permanent borders and ensure our security for future generations, another show is expected to open in the Knesset Removal Circuit. This is the continued personal obsession with 'just not Bibi' people. Instead of understanding the size of the hour and transcending political considerations, they continue to engage in cheap politics that damages a crucial moment in the history of the state. "

"Because I was not given due process, because all the rules of the Knesset were trampled on a rough foot, and because the results of the procedure were pre-dictated without proper discussion, I decided not to let this dirty game continue," he continued. "Later, we will shatter all the disproportionate allegations of idle veterans filed in my case. But now, I will not allow my political opponents to use this matter to interfere with the historic move I am leading."

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Decided to give up immunity. Netanyahu (Photo: Alex Kolomoisky)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu at a Cabinet Meeting, January 19, 2020 (Photo: Alex Kolomoisky, Paul Photographers)

When the indictment was filed, the Prime Minister's associates criticized the indictment. "If anyone else had any doubt that there was an obsessive persecution against Prime Minister Netanyahu, he now has another clear and clear proof of that," they said. "The eagerness to file the unfounded indictment against the prime minister is so great that they could not wait one day until the historic summit in Wichiston, one of the most important in the history of the state. Shockingly in her favor, the Amok run wanted to file unfounded indictments against the Israeli prime minister precisely on this historic day. "

Highlights of the indictment

In Case 1000, the gift affair, Netanyahu is accused of receiving business favors worth about NIS 700,000 from businessmen Arnon Milchan and James Packer, while serving as prime minister. Most of the gifts were cigars, champagne cases and jewelry. In addition, it is alleged that Netanyahu acted in Milchan's favor in three matters in which the businessman sought his intervention: He contacted US Secretary of State John Kerry to extend the businessman's visa validation, he contacted Finance Minister Yair Lapid to extend the tax exemption to residents Returning, he was working to promote a "bow" and "net" merger, allegedly at Milchen's request. Netanyahu is accused of fraudulently violating this case.

Portfolio 2000 deals with talks between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher, Noni Moses. In those two alleged talks, the prime minister's coverage of the Yedioth group in exchange for imposing restrictions on the newspaper's main competitor - "Israel Today" - was convinced that those who offered the deal He is Moses, so he is charged with offering bribes.

The indictment was filed as required by law. Mendelblit (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

Court, Avichai Mandelblit at a trial at the Dan Carmel Hotel, Haifa, December 5, 2019 (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

Mandelblit was convinced that Netanyahu did not intend to complete the bribery deal, but continued his talks with Moses to improve his coverage in a news group, at least during the contacts with the publisher. He even held certain actions, such as a meeting with MKs Yariv Levin and Ze'ev Elkin, in which he examined The possibility of promoting a legislative period that would limit Israel today, and here again, the indictment attributed to Netanyahu an offense of fraud and breach of trust.

Portfolio 4000 deals with regulatory benefits worth more than a billion shekels, which Netanyahu allegedly gave to businessman Shaul Alovic. In return, according to the indictment, Allovich acted to divert coverage on the Walla site! NEWS, who was in his control. This is the most serious case among the three, and in the meetings of the Court with senior officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General, it is the only case in which all the parties agreed that the indictment should be a bribe.

Saul and Iris Alovic's attorneys, Jacques Chen and Michal Rosen Ozer, said in response to the indictment that "now that the indictment has been filed, things will be reviewed as part of a fair and public trial. "We are confident that the Honorable Court will also come to a conclusion that the evidence indicates that Saul and Iris Elovich did not commit the offenses and acts attributed to them by the prosecution."

Netanyahu Affair Timeline (Photo: Image Processing)