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Prosecutors Furious at Leak that Israeli Judges Think Netanyahu Case Too Weak

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Prosecutors in Israel are furious as news leaked that judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most serious corruption trial told lawyers for both sides privately that they consider one charge too weak to succeed.

The news caused political shockwaves in Israel last week, where Netanyahu faces trial for three counts of corruption. Supporters of Netanyahu have long claimed that the charges are empty and politically motivated., in “Case 4000,” is that Netanyahu gave a telecommunications company regulatory favors in exchange for better media coverage.

The judges presiding over the criminal trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have told prosecutors in the case that the bribery charge against the premier will be difficult to prove, Hebrew media outlets reported Thursday. According to Walla and Channel 13, the judges convened with state prosecutors and Netanyahu’s defense team in their chambers in order to discuss the complexities involved in substantiating the bribery charge against the prime minister in Case 4000, the most significant of the three cases against Netanyahu that make up the trial.The bribery charge in Case 4000 was always the most serious facing the prime minister, and if the reports are true, it would mark a significant blow to the prosecution.

 

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