Testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial resumed Wednesday at the Tel Aviv District Court, as prosecutors continued cross-examining him in Case 4000, the Bezeq-Walla affair, pressing him on his role in regulatory decisions tied to the Bezeq-yes merger and on whether his conduct conveyed messages to key witnesses.
Case 4000 centers on allegations that Netanyahu, while serving concurrently as prime minister and communications minister, advanced regulatory steps that benefited telecommunications giant Bezeq, while its controlling shareholder, Shaul Elovitch, ensured favorable and tailored coverage of Netanyahu and his family on the Walla news website. Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust and denies all wrongdoing.
Wednesday’s hearing once again moved between two distinct but intertwined timelines that have shaped the case from its outset: the regulatory events o
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