Eli Feldstein and Yonatan Urich, two of the three defendants in the Bild classified document leak case, are set to appear together in court for the first time this morning. Attorney Ari Rosenfeld will also attend. The indictment was filed in November 2024, but the case has not yet progressed to an arraignment hearing; today's session is expected to focus on procedural arguments. The state prosecution has refused a plea deal, and the case has seen no substantive advancement in two years, according to Israeli media.
This morning, Eli Feldstein and Yonatan Urich — two of the three defendants in the Bild classified document leak case — are set to appear together in court for the first time. Attorney Ari Rosenfeld, the third defendant, will also attend. The indictment was filed in November 2024, but the case has not yet reached an arraignment hearing. Today's session is expected to focus on procedural arguments. According to Israeli media, the state prosecution has refused a plea deal, and the case has seen no substantive progress in two years. As The Zioneer previously reported (June 12), Urich, a communications adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is charged with passing secret information with intent to harm state security, holding secret information, and destroying evidence. The prosecution has sought to bar Urich from the Prime Minister's Office and from contacting Netanyahu, who has been added to the witness list. The slow pace of the proceedings has drawn criticism from legal commentators.
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