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Ilan Yeshua at the Jerusalem District Court for a court hearing in the corruption case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
The evidentiary stage of Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial entered its third day Wednesday, with key prosecution witness Ilan Yeshua, the former CEO of the Walla news site, continuing his testimony describing an alleged a quid pro quo deal that gave the prime minister positive news coverage in exchange for regulatory benefits.
In the third straight day of his testimony, Yeshua said it was the “norm” for nominees for senior positions at Walla, including editor-in-chief, to be examined and approved by site owner Shaul Elovitch and the prime minister’s associates Ran Baratz and Nir Hefetz.