Netanyahu Trial: Ex-AG Mandelblit Confronted with Documents by Defense
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit testified in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial, asserting he approved investigations into Netanyahu in the 'Files' cases but couldn't recall the exact warning wording. Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Haddad, confronted Mandelblit with documents, calling his testimony "a fabrication." Mandelblit recalled authorizing probes into Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000, possibly including the term 'bribery' for Case 4000.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit testified in the Netanyahu trial on October 20, 2026.
- Mandelblit insisted he authorized investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the 'Files' cases.
- Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Haddad, confronted Mandelblit with documents during his testimony.
- Haddad accused Mandelblit of fabricating details, stating "This is a fabrication."
- Mandelblit could not recall the precise wording of the warning given to Netanyahu.
- He recalled authorizing probes into Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000, possibly including 'bribery'.
During his testimony in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit insisted that he had authorized investigations into the Prime Minister in the 'Files' cases. However, Mandelblit stated he could not recall the precise wording of the warning given. Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Haddad, presented Mandelblit with documents and accused him, stating, "This is a fabrication."
Mandelblit testified that he remembered authorizing the investigation of the Prime Minister in these cases, specifically mentioning Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000. He recalled that Cases 1000 and 2000 involved offenses against moral rectitude, and Case 4000 likely did as well. He also suggested he might have explicitly authorized the use of the term 'bribery' in relation to Case 4000, but reiterated that he did not remember the exact details.
The testimony occurred on October 20, 2026. The article includes photographs of Mandelblit, Haddad, and another individual, Yehudit Tirosh, in the courtroom.