MK Moshe Saada (Likud) said Thursday that former police commissioner Roni Alsheich, former state attorney Shai Nitzan, and former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit will testify as defense witnesses in September. Saada claimed the trial will shift from an accused prime minister to the state becoming the accused, exposing a political persecution of Israel.
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's marathon 98-session testimony concludes, a new political and legal development emerged Thursday from MK Moshe Saada (Likud), a close ally of Netanyahu. Saada stated on his social media channels that three key figures from the prosecution's past — former police commissioner Roni Alsheich, former state attorney Shai Nitzan, and former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit — are expected to be called as defense witnesses in September. Saada predicted that their testimony would 'reverse the case from an accused prime minister to the accuser,' exposing what he described as a persecution that 'took Israel hostage for a case that leads to nothing.'
The statement comes hours after Netanyahu's testimony formally ended, following his own sharp courtroom attacks on the justice system. The defense phase of the trial has yet to conclude; the court will set the schedule for further witness testimony. The claims by Saada, while not yet confirmed by the court or the defense team, signal the next stage of a high-stakes legal and political battle in Israel.
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