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Could Netanyahu's trial end? Interview weighs two possible routes

Moshik Kovarsky argues that Mandelblit's testimony exposed investigative failures, but doubts prosecutors will withdraw the indictment.

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רעידת אדמה במשפט נתניהו: השופטים בצעד חריג בעקבות קריסת עדות מנדלבליט

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0:35Varon asks what the judges' reported request to consult Attorney General Baharav-Miara means.
0:48Kovarsky argues that Mandelblit's testimony exposed failures involving investigative authorization and prosecution conduct.
2:13He says many objections had already appeared in preliminary arguments submitted in December 2020.
4:12He outlines judicial dismissal on abuse-of-process grounds or withdrawal of the indictment as possible routes to ending proceedings.
5:50Kovarsky doubts prosecutors will withdraw, arguing that the case serves a political purpose.

A judicial decision to halt proceedings or a prosecution decision to withdraw the indictment: Moshik Kovarsky presents those as two possible routes to ending Benjamin Netanyahu's trial, while warning against expecting either to happen soon.

Speaking to Dana Varon on Israel's ערוץ 14 (Channel 14), the Project 315 representative discusses the broadcaster's report that the judges have requested a consultation with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara following testimony by her predecessor, Avichai Mandelblit.

For readers outside Israel, Mandelblit's role is central: as attorney general, he indicted Netanyahu in 2019. The corruption trial began in 2020 and concerns charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

Kovarsky argues that Mandelblit's testimony exposed investigations conducted without the necessary authorization and failures in the prosecution's handling of the cases. He interprets the judges' reported request as a response to those problems. These are his assessments of the proceedings, not findings announced by the judges in this interview.

The video's title, "רעידת אדמה במשפט נתניהו: השופטים בצעד חריג בעקבות קריסת עדות מנדלבליט", means "Upheaval in Netanyahu trial: Judges take unusual step after collapse of Mandelblit's testimony." That emphatic framing gives way to a more qualified discussion about what could actually happen next.

Kovarsky says many of the objections were already set out in preliminary arguments in December 2020. Asked whether the trial could stop, he distinguishes between judges halting it on abuse-of-process grounds and prosecutors withdrawing the indictment themselves.

He considers the latter unlikely, arguing that the prosecution serves a political purpose against Netanyahu. Varon closes by summarizing his caution: it is too early to celebrate an end to the proceedings.

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