The judges in the Netanyahu case granted the defense's request to reduce the hearings in Case 4000 to two days a week because of the war, at least to December, and possibly even January. The judges also decided not to schedule simultaneous hearings in cases 1000 and 2000, which are supposed to end the prosecution's case.
In the shadow of the rejection of the State Prosecutor's request: Hearings in Case 4000 continue (Archive) // Yoni Rikner
Yesterday, the State Prosecutor's Office estimated that it would take only three months to conclude the prosecution case, after which it would be possible to open the defense case with Prime Minister Netanyahu's testimony. The pause in the trial occurred due to the court recess, followed by the outbreak of war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, when all the courts ceased their activities. The hearings in Case 4000 will continue, including testimonies by police investigators Eran Buchnik and Dotan Malihi, and Israel Securities Authority investigator Lior Spitz. Before the pause in the trial, the prosecution offered to expedite the hearings and add another day of hearings to the existing one, but the defense objected and the judges did not respond to the prosecution's proposal. The end of the prosecution case and the beginning of the defense affair mean the beginning of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony.
In Case 4000, the prime minister was suspected of providing regulatory benefits to businessman Shaul Elovitch, who owned the Bezeq Group, in exchange for favorable coverage on the Walla website, which was under his control. Two and a half years have passed since the beginning of the prime minister's trial.
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