Development towards a plea deal? According to a report in News 12, the State Attorney’s Office is ready to close the 2000 case completely in order to reach a deal with the opposition chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to the report, the prosecution is ready to amend the indictment in the 4000 case, and delete the bribery clause from it. And as stated, to completely delete the file relating to the negotiations that Netanyahu conducted with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher, Noni Mozes.
According to the report, the prosecution is willing to go a long way so that Netanyahu does not sit in prison as part of the settlement. It is estimated that an agreement may be signed between the parties in the coming days.
As you may recall, yesterday Ben Caspit revealed for the first time that in recent weeks, talks have taken place between former Prime Minister Netanyahu and the State Attorney’s Office over a plea deal, according to sources updated in the details.
- In complete secrecy: Netanyahu and the State Attorney’s Office held talks on a plea deal Full details
The contacts lasted a long time and took place in complete secrecy, with few secret partners, but eventually exploded against the background of Netanyahu’s uncompromising demand that the punishment not include disgrace, and naturally not imprisonment.
It should be noted that both parties had a good reason for the existence of these contacts. Netanyahu estimated that Mandelblit was interested in ending his term with a “clean table”, and that the narrow time window before retirement could be used to close a quick deal under pressure.
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