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Opinion and Comment
The Prosecution of Netanyahu is Based on Lies and Withholding Evidence

by Rabbi Yitzchok Roth


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We cannot overlook Netanyahu's trial which is being prolonged ad infinitum, and where each passing day unearths more disgusting tricks of the prosecution.

In these days, the inquiry is Case 4000, the most severe one since it includes a charge of bribery. This charge is the only serious one in all the cases since the rest are only vague misdemeanors. Furthermore, months ago after earlier revelations of prosecutorial misconduct, the judges advised the prosecution to drop this charge, but it stubbornly refuses since without this allegation there is nothing serious to charge Netanyahu.

The basis of the accusation of bribery is a meeting in which Netanyahu supposedly gave guidelines to the then Director-General of the Communication Ministry, Shlomo Filber, who was supposed to serve as State witness against Netanyahu. He was alleged to have told Filber to make a favorable ruling about Bezeq, which was owned by Alowitz, in return for receiving an advantageous coverage in the media he owned.

This is an original claim in the prosecution of Netanyahu since every politician who ever lived tries to get favorable press coverage. "Overt" bribery. Except for the fact that Netanyahu's attorney had already proven in the hearing that according to the records of their diaries of the period, that meeting could not possibly have taken place and could not have happened as alleged.

In the testimony given this past week, a former prosecution official, Tzachi Chavkin, revealed that the prosecution knew that there was a contradiction between the date of the 'guidance meeting' and the actual facts, but chose to hide this from the defense and the court. They possessed an official document attesting to that, which was even presented at internal meetings, but this did not prevent the prosecution from including this so-called meeting as crucial in the case.

In his testimony, Chavkin said that an official document prepared at the time showing a true documentation of the dates, indicates a clear contradiction between the facts represented in the charge sheet and the 'prep meeting' — but this was withheld from the defense and the court.

Chavkin confirmed in his testimony that the document was publicized and presented at the internal sittings and that the members of the prosecution were well aware of its contents. Despite the fact that both the investigative unit and the prosecution knew and documented it writing that the 'prep meeting' with Shlomo Filber, former Director-General of the Communications Ministry, could not have been factually possible, they still chose to include it as key evidence in the case. Furthermore, the document which shakes up the very heart of the indictment was concealed from the defense and the court.

Now we can understand why the Prosecution almost totally dismisses the suspicion against the chief IDF Advocate General of her falsified declarations to the court and that the judicial system prefers to exonerate her and chooses to waste much time over her.

This entire system is based on lies, deceit, obscuring the truth and whitewashing the facts, all for the sake of arriving at the desired end of eliminating Netanyahu. These nefarious acts are joined by the heads of the Prosecution, who knew that they were lying to the court in the hope that no one would expose these lies. They are partners to the judicial system which refrains from indicting all those who are partners to these lies.

Roni Alshich, the former Police Commissioner, said at the time that the very theory of the indictment was that it would get Netanyahu to agree to a plea-bargain rather than wallow in an extended and expensive court case involving the many charges presented against him.

Therefore, it is permissible to lie, conceal evidence and create facts, with no one to be held answerable!

 

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