Prosecutors Amend Netanyahu Indictment to Remove References to His Family

By Staff, Agencies

The Zionist entity’s Attorney's Office on Sunday filed a corrected indictment in one of the graft cases against Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after an occupied al-Quds court accepted a petition from Netanyahu's legal team regarding a number of details in the indictment.

Netanyahu, the occupation regime’s longest serving prime minister, is accused of accepting improper gifts and seeking to trade favors with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage. He denies all wrongdoing.

The amended version of the so-called Case 4000 had all language referring to Netanyahu's family removed, instead zeroing in on the premier alone.

Additionally, the al-Quds District Court had ordered the prosecution to come up with a list of instances in which Netanyahu asked media tycoon Shaul Elovitch for favorable coverage in the Elovitch-owned Walla news site.

The detailed list, now annexed to the indictment, includes 315 incidents relating to 230 specific requests by Netanyahu to shift the tone and substance of Walla’s coverage in favor of the Likud leader.

The final pretrial hearing is set for January 13.

In 2019, Netanyahu's wife Sara admitted criminal wrongdoing over the misuse of the entity’s funds to order catered meals, in a plea bargain carrying no jail time.