Netanyahu Trial

Speaking on the All In podcast, Barak addressed the Netanyahu trial, Israel’s democratic future, the absence of a state commission of inquiry, and aspects of his own judicial legacy.

The case - also known as the Bezeq-Walla affair - centers on allegations that Netanyahu granted regulatory benefits to Bezeq's controlling shareholder in exchange for favorable coverage.

Prosecutors argue that while serving as communications minister, Netanyahu advanced regulatory decisions worth hundreds of millions of shekels to Bezeq in exchange for positive coverage on Walla.

Netanyahu's defense team had requested that Monday's hearing be canceled in full due to what it described as diplomatic schedule clashes.

Case 4000 is considered the most serious of the three cases because it involves an alleged direct quid-pro-quo between the regulatory authority and favorable media coverage.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: A sympathetic White House, a punishing courtroom schedule, and a looming coalition crisis over haredi conscription explain the prime minister’s sudden pardon request.

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Isaac Herzog has to contend with a tremendous dilemma regarding the pardon request. Like the trial itself, no result is going to be fully accepted and certainly not unifying.

AS Trump's poodle, a pardoned Netanyahu would be less free to speak up when he feels America’s actions go against Israel’s interests.

Benjamin Netanyahu's trial returns to Case 4000, in which the PM is accused of advancing regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels to Shaul Elovitch in exchange for favorable coverage

Israel deserves a legitimate October 7 inquiry and new elections, amid dramatic efforts to make amends and heal wounds.