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(August 7, 2023 / JNS) A public body tasked with investigating judicial misconduct rejected a complaint against the three judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Uri Shoham, head of the Ombudsman’s Office of the Israeli Judiciary, accepted the judges’ position that they had “not shied away from conducting the trial” or formed […]
Judges also reject allegations made in a public complaints process that they are intimidated by the PM's trial due to its political and social sensitivities
The Judges Have Rejected a Lawyer's Claims of Secret Meetings, Early Opinions and Dragging the Trial On, Asking That the Outcomes Be Looked at in the Context of the Complex Cases
Yinon Magal says there were 'political and economic pressures' on the news site to remove unfavorable coverage, including of PM's family and associates