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Outgoing attorney general had his reservations about Netanyahu’s criminal cases at first, but as time passed he became convinced that the man who supported his appointment really was corrupt
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The Israeli state prosecutor decided against indicting a Shin Bet security service officer suspected of committing acts of violence against Palestinians, despite testimony by fellow operatives and an army commander as well as the agent’s own admission that he employed unnecessary violence.
The case was closed with the approval of former State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan. One of the reasons was that investigators concluded he had acted due to “excessive motivation.” In addition, Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman had dismissed him.
Haaretz has learned that solid evidence that pointed to unjustified violence had been collected against the accused, including that he destroyed furniture in the home of a Palestinian family and smashing the family car s sunroof. Similar allegations against him had been raised in at least one other case.
While Netanyahu sought favorable coverage in his co-defendant's publication, the publisher hoped to limit the circulation of a competing newspaper, the indictments state
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Feb. 26, 2021
“This trial can no longer be stopped,” Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said this week, after he was informed that the Jerusalem District Court had finally decided on a date for the evidentiary part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial: April 5, right after Passover.
But two years ago, after the first of the series of elections, the attorney general was not at all sure that the train would reach its destination: Netanyahu had not yet had a hearing, and it seemed he was safely on his way to establishing a coalition of 65 MKs that would pass a law banning a trial of a sitting prime minister, bring down the already bowed High Court of Justice and allow him to flee from justice.