Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a blistering attack on investigators during the Case 2000 cross-examination, accusing them of a political witch hunt. Netanyahu told the court they were "collecting targets" and would "spend your whole lives in court," calling the probe a "shameful" persecution unseen in any other public figure's case, according to N12.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu erupted in a scathing attack on investigators Tuesday during the cross-examination phase of Case 2000, one of the three corruption cases in which he is on trial. According to N12, Netanyahu told the court that the investigators were "collecting targets" and would "spend their whole lives in court," asserting that nothing like what they had done to him had been done to any other public figure. He called the probe "shameful" and a "political persecution like a police state."
Case 2000, one of the cases in the broader Netanyahu trial, revolves around allegations of a deal between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes for favorable coverage in exchange for legislation curbing a rival newspaper. The cross-examination had already seen heated clashes on the previous hearing day, June 9, when judges intervened and suspended the session. Tuesday's outburst marks a further escalation in tension between the defense and the prosecution's investigators.
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