Likud Party Launches Campaign Against Former AG Mandelblit's Testimony
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
The Likud party is launching a campaign to disseminate problematic excerpts from former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial. Likud accuses the media of minimal and biased coverage and aims to bypass it by directly informing the public. The campaign will highlight alleged flaws in the investigation and Mandelblit's relationship with former State Attorney Shai Nitzan. Likud stated, "If they don't cover it, we will cover it."
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- The Likud party will release problematic excerpts from former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's testimony.
- Likud accuses the media of minimal and biased coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial.
- The party aims to bypass media "silencing" by directly informing the public.
- The campaign will highlight alleged flawed investigations and Mandelblit's relationship with Shai Nitzan.
- Likud stated, "If they don't cover it, we will cover it."
The Likud party's headquarters has decided to actively counter what it perceives as minimal and biased media coverage of the testimony given by former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Likud aims to bypass the media's alleged "silencing" by directly disseminating problematic excerpts from Mandelblit's testimony to the public.
Party officials stated that this move is a response to the limited and one-sided coverage during the defense's presentation of its case, during which, they claim, evidence of flawed investigations and improper interrogation tactics was ignored. "We will not let this happen again," a senior campaign official declared.
The Likud plans to release a series of videos, quotes, and full protocol excerpts from Mandelblit's testimony on social media and WhatsApp groups, intending to inform every Israeli household about the circumstances surrounding the indictment of a serving prime minister. They specifically mentioned highlighting "improper investigations, wiretaps, criminal actions, and investigations conducted without required legal authorization."
Furthermore, the campaign will focus on the relationship between Mandelblit and former State Attorney Shai Nitzan, alleging that Mandelblit was unduly influenced. Likud intends to expose the "truth about Mandelblit being held by the throat by Shai Nitzan" and its alleged impact on his decision to file what the party calls "baseless and fabricated indictments." They also plan to highlight the timing of the decision to indict Netanyahu, just before the Abraham Accords, and the nature of the charges, which they describe as relating to "cigars and favorable coverage."
Likud emphasized that this initiative is a direct reaction to the media's alleged attempt to suppress the truth. "If they don't cover it, we will cover it. We will ensure the truth reaches every home in Israel. The prosecutor will become the accused before all the people of Israel," a party official stated.
