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Netanyahu trial: The prosecution asked to add three witnesses to the gifts affair
The new witnesses - the daughter of Arnon Milchen, an associate of billionaire James Packer, and an accountant at a chain of stores where jewelry was purchased for Sarah Netanyahu - relate to the 1000 case, in which the former prime minister is accused of receiving benefits worth hundreds of thousands of shekels
Yael Friedson
13/04/2022
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 14:34 Updated: 14:59
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The Tax and Economics Prosecutor's Office today (Wednesday) submitted a request to the Jerusalem District Court to add three witnesses to the list of prosecution witnesses in the Alps cases, relating to the 1000 case. The new witnesses are Eleanor Milchen, the home of Arnon Milchen;
Ian Morris, an associate of billionaire James Packer who purchased a NIS 50,000 bracelet for Sarah Netanyahu;
And Inbar Blankman, an accountant at the jewelry store chain where jewelry was purchased for Sarah Netanyahu.
Thus, the list of witnesses in the Alps cases will be 317. According to the prosecution, adding the witnesses does not change the content of the indictment.
In the 1000 case (the benefit benefits affair)
, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of receiving NIS 700,000 worth of benefits from businessmen Arnon Milchen and James Packer, while he served as prime minister.
The main gifts were cigars, champagne packages and jewelry.
In addition, it was alleged that Netanyahu acted in Milchen's favor in three matters, in which the businessman sought his intervention: he approached US Secretary of State John Kerry to extend the businessman's visa, he approached Finance Minister Yair Lapid to extend the exemption. A tax for returning residents, and he worked to promote a merger of "Keshet" and "Reshet" - ostensibly at Milchen's request.
According to the lawsuit, these acts damaged the image of the public service and the public's trust in it.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused
of fraud and breach of trust
.
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The addition of witnesses came after the completion of an investigation conducted following a request by prosecution witness Hadas Klein, Arnon Milchen's personal assistant, last October.
Klein contacted the prosecution team and asked to provide new relevant information regarding the 1000 case, which was not known to the prosecution before.
The attorney general at the time approved backing up McClain with a supplementary statement to police, and later backing up versions of a number of additional witnesses.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the three witnesses provided versions regarding the granting of favors to opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu by businessmen Milchen and Packer. As long as it is required.
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