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Dec. 14, 2020
The indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be amended to distinguish between his own requests that an internet news site tilt its coverage and those made by his family members, the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday.
Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am and Oded Shaham wrote that the indictment “lacks more than a few details” with regard to this case. In it, Netanyahu is charged with bribery for allegedly conferring regulatory benefits on Bezeq in exchange for favorable coverage by the telecommunications company’s online news site, Walla. These details are “substantive and relevant to the defendants’ defense,” the judges added.