Netanyahu on Case 1000: There was no ‘supply line’ for cigars, champagne

Jerusalem Post - 21/04
The hearing took place the same day that Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar submitted an affidavit against the government’s attempt to fire him. 

Billionaire Arnon Milchan was a close friend, and claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed government reforms on his behalf are ludicrous, he charged in his criminal trial testimony hearing on Monday. 

Up until now, the defense has tried to show how an abuse of process took place when it came to this case, meaning that legal processes were used in an unjustified or unreasonable way. It did this by presenting what appeared to be a pattern of acts by police and by the legal arm to procure testimonies against Netanyahu. The defense showed that it did this by mounting public and private pressure on these people.

The prime minister said, “This was a witch hunt, a personal hunt. They were targeting me and my family.”

Tensions ran high in the room as the prosecution objected to the questioning by lead ...
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