Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 25, 2023. Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan was testifying Sunday at Netanyahu’s corruption trial to answer questions about an alleged “supply line” of champagne and cigars funnelled to the Israeli leader and his wife said to have been in exchange for help with Milchan’s personal and business needs.
Prosecution and defense lawyers are questioning Milchan in a hotel conference room in Brighton. While no journalists are allowed to be present there, Netanyahu's wife Sara, on a private visit to Britain, will sit in. Israeli Channel 13 aired footage of Sara Netanyahu and Milchan, 78, walking separately up the stairs in the hotel. A screen was set up in the Jerusalem courtroom to air the testimony.
"Considering the many links between the defendant Netanyahu and Milchan, the defendant Netanyahu should have entirely avoided dealing with Milchan's affairs," the indictment says, adding that Netanyahu and Milchan, an Israeli citizen, have had ties since 1999. Netanyahu's legal woes have dogged him politically, putting his fitness to rule while on trial at the center of a political crisis that sent Israelis to the polls for five times in under four years.
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