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Businessman Arnon Milchan is considering coming to Israel to testify as part of case 1000, the gifts case.
In addition, Milchan is considering filing defamation lawsuits against a number of opinion leaders who have defamed him.
However, it is possible that Milchan will finally prefer to testify from abroad and manage his claims remotely. In the coming days, the decision will be made on the matter.
Milchan is considered a key witness in the 1000 case, since according to the indictment, he and businessman James Packer exchanged favors worth about - 700 thousand shekels for then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu A few weeks ago, a number of senior officials in the State Attorney's Office went to London, Milchan's current seat, to give him a refresher before he testifies in the trial.
In relation to the defamation lawsuits that Milchan is considering filing against a number of opinion leaders on social networks, a quick search of his name on social networks leads to quite a few results in which his name is mentioned in a negative way and it is possible that Milchan is tired of it.
Meanwhile, at the end of last week Milchan's personal assistant Hadas Klein filed a defamation lawsuit against Eli Tzipori in the amount of five million shekels.
Will decide whether to arrive in the next few days.
Milchan (Photo: GettyImages)
In Case 1000, Netanyahu is accused of receiving favors worth about NIS 700,000 from businessmen Arnon Milchan and James Packer, while serving as prime minister.
The main gifts were cigars, cases of champagne and jewelry.
In addition to this, it is claimed that Netanyahu acted in Milchan's favor in three matters, in which the businessman requested his intervention: he contacted US Secretary of State John Kerry to extend the validity of the businessman's visa, he contacted Finance Minister Yair Lapid to extend the validity of the exemption Tax for returning residents, and he worked to promote the merger of "Keshet" and "Reshet" - apparently at the request of Milchan.
According to the lawsuit, these acts damaged the public service's image and the public's trust in it.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.
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She filed a defamation lawsuit in the amount of five million shekels.
Klein (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
File 2000, the Netanyahu-Mozes case, deals with conversations between Netanyahu and Yediot Ahronoth publisher Noni Mozes. In those conversations, the two allegedly discussed benefiting the prime minister's coverage in the Yediot Group, in exchange for imposing restrictions on the newspaper's main competitor - Israel Hayom. The prosecution was convinced that The one who proposed the deal was Mozes, and therefore he is accused of offering a bribe. On the other hand, the ombudsman was also convinced that Netanyahu did not intend to complete the bribery deal, but continued the talks with Mozes to improve his coverage in Yediot Group, and even took certain actions for that purpose.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.
Case 4000, the Bezek-Walla affair, the most serious case from the Prime Minister's point of view deals with regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels, which Netanyahu allegedly granted to Shaul Elovitch.
In return, according to the indictment, Elovich worked to bias the coverage on the Walla! website, which was under his control.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of bribery.
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