On video: The files of the thousands - the testimony of Momi Meshulam, head of the investigative team of Prime Minister Netanyahu (Walla system!)
While the roads to Jerusalem were blocked due to a protest against the government's plan to weaken the judicial system, in the Jerusalem District Court the hearings in the Alif cases continued as usual.
On the witness stand today (Monday) Deputy Superintendent Momi Meshulam, head of the investigation team in cases 1000 and 2000, and who led the investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in these cases, testified.
In the main investigation, conducted by Attorney Keren Tzviran from the State Attorney's Office, Mashulam was asked how the investigation was conducted in terms of obtaining approvals from the Attorney General at the time, Avichai Mandelblit. The question was asked because the defense attorneys in the case often claim that permission was not received from the counsel to investigate the case, but Mashulam provided today A different version of the issue: "No one would have been investigated who did not go through the whole filter of approvals," Meshulam said and added: "I do not have the independence to decide to take action without approval.
Every step, every investigative action, let's say the summoning of a witness, had to be approved by the authorities in the police and the prosecutor's office.
"I have no independence to decide to take action without approval."
Paid, today (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Another interesting detail that Shulom provided is how the investigation in the 1000 case matured and how the police investigators reached Hadas Klein and the other witnesses in the case: "We questioned a driver named Roi Rosen, who used to drive Yair Netanyahu to the Royal Beach Hotel. We arrived at Royal Beach and questioned the person who was responsible for The management of the building, a lady named Ayala. She said that she was in contact with Hadas Klein, who used to coordinate the arrivals of Yair Netanyahu. Then we asked Hadas Klein if any favors were given and she answered inquiringly and told us about the supply of champagne and cigarettes."
Later, Mashulam was asked about the investigation of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Mashulam said that there were eight investigations and that he was a participant in seven of them. At this point, Attorney Zviran asked from the prosecutor's office about the content of the investigation of the Prime Minister. "Did during the investigations of Prime Minister Netanyahu he made a claim According to which he was aware of the extent of the champagnes because they were given to his wife?"
To this, Meshulam replied: "We collected testimonies from many people who were involved in the supply line. Whether it was drivers, whether it was the chef, the head of the house. In the first investigation, to the best of my recollection, the Prime Minister confirmed the champagne and cigars, and in the second investigation, he gave a different version." At this point, the prosecution
concluded The main investigation and Prime Minister Netanyahu's defense attorney, Attorney Amit Hadad, began questioning Meshulam in the cross-examination.
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"Your behavior is pathetic"
Haddad's cross-examination of Meshulam was quite stormy, and the name of the journalist Ben Caspit came up more than once.
This, after Sholom confirmed that Ben Caspit testified before the police about receiving the gifts sent by businessman Arnon Milchan to the Netanyahus.
Hadad asked several questions through which he sought to understand who gave the information that Ben Kasfit testified about to the police.
Upon hearing this question, the prosecutor's office objected to the question: "There is a journalistic privilege, Mashulam cannot respond to that. It is impossible to reveal the source of money."
Attorney Hadad tried to do this in implicit ways, until finally he literally shouted it on the witness stand and claimed that Kaspiit was supposedly an intelligence source for the police in the case. to ask who Ben Caspit's source was and they urged him to stop asking about it.
At this stage there were tense moments in the court.
Paid
He scolded Hadad: "Your behavior is pathetic. Respect me and I will respect you."
Hadad
got angry: "I will ask the court to order our rather insolent witness not to speak like that, I would like to warn him."
Masholam
does not remain indebted: "You will not raise your voice against me."
At this point, Judge
Friedman-Feldman
tried to calm down: "Just a moment" she shouted.
A sharp
doubt asked a threatened doubt: "Are you still on active duty?"
At this point, Judge Friedman-Feldman asked the two to relax and continue the investigation in a question-and-answer format.
They shook hands - and confronted each other.
Paid with Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Haddad, today (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
What is Netanyahu accused of?
Case 4000 (the Bezek-Walla case!)
The most serious case in terms of the former prime minister, deals with regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels, which Netanyahu allegedly granted to Alovich.
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.
Shaul Elovitch, the controlling owner of the Eurocom group through which he controlled a number of public companies, including the Bezeq group and the Walla!
He is accused, along with his wife, Iris Elovitch, of bribery and obstruction of justice in case 4000.
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.
Case 2000 (Netanyahu-Moses affair)
deals with the conversations between Netanyahu and the publisher of Yedioth Ahronoth 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 Yedioth Group, and even took certain actions for that purpose.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.
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