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Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled, Who the Minister Says Is Someone Who Made Him ‘Like the Police,’ Was Investigated in 2015 After a Wiretap Raised Breach of Trust Concerns on His Part

Move comes amid a push to fast-track the trial, following reports that the bench considers a conviction unlikely on the most serious count in one of the three corruption cases

In one of the more dramatic moments in the yearslong corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood movie mogul, billionaire spy, and old friend of the Israeli prime minister, took the stand Sunday as a key witness for the prosecution in an alleged gifts-for-favors affair known as Case 1000.

Arnon Milchan's Testimony, in Which He Timorously Tried to Minimize the Damage to Netanyahu, Contributes to the Uncertainty Shrouding the Future of Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial

The judges in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they will publish a "condensed description" of their  leaked conversation with prosecution and defense attorneys.

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Mogul wraps up 2nd day of remote testimony; says cigars and champagne he gave the PM and his wife didn't impact their friendship, acknowledges never receiving gifts from them

Hollywood mogul, addressing court via video from UK with prime minister's wife in room with him, also says he sought help from everyone, Netanyahu included, on US visa, tax breaks

Testifying in Brighton instead of Jerusalem, billionaire Arnon Milchan claimed he did not realize the gifts he gave to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were perhaps inappropriate.

Netanyahu and His Attorneys Know Those Crowing That 'He’s Innocent' Are Premature and Overstepping the Mark, and Most of All, in Service of an Agenda Rather Than Factual Truth