Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announces his decision to prosecute Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 21, 2019.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit convened a forum of senior jurists he kept outside the official discussions in his office regarding the cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The AG held secret discussions with this group, informing the Justice Ministry or the State Attorney’s Office, according to a report by Haaretz published Tuesday (
The series of meetings took place in 2019 and began shortly before the AG announced his intention to prosecute Netanyahu following a hearing with the PM. The participants in the meetingsâwhich were held at the Yad Hanadiv think tank in Jerusalem and not in the AG’s officeâwere asked to maintain complete confidentiality and not to document the meetings or keep notes.