Prime Minister's wife at the Netanyahu trial hearing: "In the middle of a war, no renovation is done"/Bini Ashkenazi
The Prime Minister's wife, Sara Netanyahu, arrived today (Wednesday) at the District Court in Jerusalem for a hearing in which former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein testified in the Netanyahu trial, and addressed for the first time the renovation of the pool in Caesarea.
"Nonsense, in the middle of a war you don't do any renovations," Netanyahu stated.
However, last week it was announced that the Prime Minister's Office approved during the war the renovation of the pool in the private house of the Netanyahu family as well as other renovation repairs.
According to the reports, the decision was made by the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office, Yossi Sheli, and according to a source at the Ministry of Finance, it sparked a dispute between him and the ministry's accountant, who asked to leave his position.
At the end of her remarks, Netanyahu attacked Aviad Glickman, a legal affairs reporter for News 13, and said: It is important that your viewers know that you lie with a determined forehead."
Sara Netanyahu in court, Hayom/Bini Ashkenazi
Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, who also served as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private attorney, testified today at the hearing of case 1000, in the Jerusalem court.
For the first time, Prime Minister Sara Netanyahu's wife came to the hearing room at the Jerusalem court to watch the hearing.
With the opening of the testimony, the prosecutor's office began an investigation and asked if Netanyahu had contacted him about receiving gifts and if he had given him a professional opinion on the matter.
Weinstein denied, noting that he last represented him about 20 years ago.
The prosecutor's office tried to continue to examine whether Weinstein gave a professional opinion to Netanyahu about receiving gifts, and Netanyahu's defense attorney at the hearing, lawyer Amit Haddad, resented that if Weinstein continued to answer, it would be a violation of the confidentiality to which Netanyahu is entitled during the period when he was represented by Weinstein.
The court hearing became heated due to the debate over the breach of confidentiality.
"During the investigation, did you answer this question correctly, about the question of whether you gave an opinion regarding the gifts to Netanyahu as a private defense attorney?" asked the prosecutor's office.
"I'm not sure that I did anything in my mind that I didn't insist then," replied Weinstein, who was willing to answer the questions.
Haddad interrupted the investigation: "I object, confidentiality belongs to the client - not to the lawyer. Confidentiality is the holy of holies."
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