After 1.5 Years, Netanyahu Finishes Testimony in the Cases Against Him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his testimony in his corruption trial on Wednesday, ending a process that began in December 2024. Last week, the cross-examination ended after 59 hearing days, and the defense then began several days of redirect examination.

In total, Netanyahu spent 98 days on the witness stand, described in the article as an unprecedented number of testimony days. The proceedings covered the so-called “Cases” against him, and the final stage wrapped up this week.

After the redirect examination, Netanyahu addressed the judges directly. He said that for 10 years, authorities sent investigators and other personnel to the United States, Europe and Australia, and devoted a huge team to the effort. “The only goal was to comb through everything with a fine comb and find something,” he said. “They found nothing.”

Netanyahu added that, because nothing was found, he does not know of “in the free world” such a massive effort by a law-enforcement system that should have been about enforcing the law, but instead was used, in his words, to try to frame a person.