HaaretzSecurity09:51

Netanyahu Trial Judges Summon Attorney General for Unusual Discussion

By יעל פרידסון

Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba

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The judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial have summoned Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for an unusual discussion about the case's progression. This follows her reported disregard for their recommendation to remove the bribery charge. The judges previously heard from former Attorneys General Yehuda Weinstein and Avichai Mandelblit, whose testimony may have influenced this decision.

The story in 5 lines · by baba

Judges summoned Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to discuss Netanyahu's corruption trial.
The summons follows the AG's reported disregard for a judicial recommendation to remove the bribery clause.
The judges seek unconventional methods to conclude the large-scale trial.
Previous Attorneys General Yehuda Weinstein and Avichai Mandelblit have testified.
Mandelblit's hesitant testimony may have prompted the judges' unusual action.

The judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial have summoned Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for a discussion regarding the continuation of the case. This unusual step follows the judges' recommendation to strike the bribery clause, a recommendation Baharav-Miara reportedly ignored. The judges appear to be seeking unconventional methods to conclude the trial, which has grown significantly in scope.

Baharav-Miara is not the first attorney general to meet with the judges in the "Cases of the Thousand" trial. They previously heard testimony from former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein as part of the prosecution's case. The current summons for Baharav-Miara is particularly notable as it occurs during the testimony of her predecessor, Avichai Mandelblit, who also signed the indictment. Mandelblit's hesitant testimony, where he struggled to detail the process for approving investigations into the Prime Minister, is believed to have prompted the judges to take the extraordinary measure of calling the current Attorney General to a hearing in a criminal proceeding.