Demonstrators from various movements, including the Prime Minister, hold a demonstration outside the District Court in Jerusalem. • Supporters of the Prime Minister demonstrate in front of them.
Demonstrators from both sides arrived today (Monday) at the court where Prime Minister Netanyahu's trial is taking place.
The "Black Flags" organization also came to the scene, and for their part said: "The State of Israel from today is a state without a functioning prime minister, but a defendant who uses his position to destroy an entire state.
In the midst of the great socio-economic crisis the place of the state must establish a functioning change government.
Bibi - go to court! '
The evidentiary phase of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial opens at this time with a hearing in the Jerusalem District Court.
This is the beginning of the central and long part of the trial, and at the hearing all the defendants in the Alps will be present, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, who arrived at the district court at 8:50.
The opening speech will be delivered by the head of the prosecution and the deputy attorney general, lawyer Liat Ben-Ari, who entered the courtroom shortly after 9:00, after which the prime minister is expected to leave the court.
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Outside the walls of the court where the hearing is taking place, many demonstrators gathered shouting "Bibi is bad for Israel as he will not receive."
On the other hand, Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana and Likud MK Osnat Mark arrived to support Prime Minister Netanyahu in court and left after a few minutes.
At 9:05 a.m., Noni Mozes, a Yedioth Ahronoth publisher who was already waiting in the courtroom, arrived in court.
Ben-Ari is expected to give a speech for about half an hour, and her words will be directed mainly at the media.
It will repeat the prosecution's allegations that these are serious charges and offenses allegedly committed in the course of the Prime Minister's office and using his governmental power in a deliberate, orderly and continuous manner.
After that, the interrogation phase of the main witness in the 4000 case will begin - Ilan Yeshua, former CEO of Walla!
In recent days it has become known about the tapes that were deleted from the cell phone of the key witness Yeshua.
Among the deleted conversations: Evidence that the defense sees as "qualifying evidence," in which Elowitz's wife, Iris Elowitz, is heard telling Salvation that she does not want the site to be right-wing or left-wing but to be objective.
Adv. Uri Keinan, Acting Chairman of the Bar Association: "The purpose of the opening speech - to explain to the court the court's planned plan."