Tag: Avichai Mandelblit
Netanyahu’s fate and the future of Israeli democracy
This week a legal proceeding is taking place that may have as much if not more to do with the future of Israel’s government as the stalemated negotiations to form a new governing coalition....
Netanyahu’s lawyers: ‘The attorney general is listening to us closely’
“The attorney general’s people are listening to us closely,” a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal defense team said on Thursday.
Speaking to the media going into the second day of Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing,...
Pre-indictment hearings begin in Israel, putting Netanyahu on the political sidelines for now
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday after three years of investigation. Netanyahu, who did not attend the hearing, is seeking to convince Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and state prosecutors not...
As coalition talks fail, Netanyahu’s indictment hearings begin
As coalition negotiations appear to have failed, potentially leading Israel into an unprecedented third round of national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Wednesday for a pre-indictment hearing with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
Netanyahu’s...
Netanyahu pre-indictment hearing begins, attorneys to present ‘new evidence’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday at the office of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem.
Over the next four days, Netanyahu’s attorneys, Amit Hadad, Ram Caspi and Yossi Ashkenazi, will...
Netanyahu wants pre-trial hearing broadcast live
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for his pre-trial hearing next week to be broadcast live on Israeli television.
“After a three-year flood of tendentious, partial media leaks, the time has come for the...
Welfare minister resigns as corruption charges loom
Likud Knesset member Haim Katz resigned as Israel’s welfare minister on Friday after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced earlier in the week that he plans to indict him on fraud and breach of trust...
Former MK Hanin Zoabi may face indictment for fraud, money laundering
Former Balad Knesset member Hanin Zoabi has been summoned for a hearing before a final decision is made on whether she will be indicted on corruption charges, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on...
Attorney General rejects Netanyahu’s request for pre-indictment hearing delay
Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will not give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an additional delay on the pre-indictment hearing in the three corruption cases against him, despite Netanyahu’s insistence that the hearing will...