Veteran attorney Yoram Sheftel attacked the judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial on Monday, accusing them of applying selective prosecution and claiming no trial in the country is conducted according to law. Sheftel argued the rush to conclude the case stems from Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman's approaching retirement, given roughly 100 defense witnesses and a massive protocol still ahead.
Prominent defense attorney Yoram Sheftel launched a scathing critique Monday of the court handling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, accusing the panel of 'the most blatant selective law enforcement imaginable.' According to Sheftel, posting on Channel 14 and picked up by The Zioneer's intelligence channels, every trial in Israel is being conducted in violation of the law because proceedings lack continuity, and the judges have only now decided to apply the rule of law selectively. He attributed the change to Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman, who faces retirement in under two years and reportedly realizes she cannot deliver a verdict given the remaining defense witnesses and the estimated 70,000-page protocol. Sheftel's remarks add to a growing chorus of criticism that has intensified since Netanyahu concluded his 98-day testimony last week. As The Zioneer reported earlier, defense attorney Amit Hadad compared the court's push for five-day-a-week hearings to the pace of the Eichmann trial. The presiding judge's term and the feasibility of completing the case before her retirement remain central points of legal and political debate.
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