After hearing the trial of the former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Renewed today (Tuesday) it will continue tomorrow as well. In the meantime the witness Dana NeufeldWho currently serves as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Health, and before that during the period mentioned in the indictment in the Alps cases, she served as the legal advisor of the Ministry of Communications, outlining how he allegedly acted Shlomo Pilber During his tenure as director general of the Ministry of Communications, in order to do better with the Bezeq Group.
In addition, Neufeld claimed that an attempt was made to cancel a preliminary hearing for the Bezeq Group on an issue called structural separation, which should have allowed Bezeq to offer a wider package of services without restrictions due to its size and power in the market.
Neufeld’s testimony was not chosen at random. Its purpose is to prepare the way for the next testimony in the queue of the state witness, Pilber, who was the director general of the Ministry of Communications at the time.
Therefore, the State Attorney’s Office tries to show the same axis on the issue of compensation in the face of Pilbar’s death, in fact regarding regulatory issues. On the other side stands Pilber. As we have learned so far the burden of proof will not be at all simple when Pilber constantly makes sure to build mostly through Twitter a kind of tension towards his testimony. As we have also seen in the case of Hefetz, if there is no significant connecting thread that connects Netanyahu to Pilber in the public test that is not at least at this stage, the legal test will be very difficult to convince the public about the same deal.
However, Neufeld’s statements certainly do not satisfy the defense. The cross-examination of her case will begin tomorrow. And in the face of some sharp remarks from Neufeld, the defense attorneys will have to stand “firm.”
Among other things, the former spokeswoman for the Ministry of Communications said that Pilber “provided Bezeq with a summary of a confidential meeting between him and him.” Neufeld emphasized that her and Pilber’s meeting was supposed to be confidential. From the Vulcan prosecutor’s office: “Should Bezeq be exposed to this part of the hearing?” And Neufeld replied: “No, this is an internal hearing. I did not know it was passed on to them. “
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“There was a sense of urgency to end the move – amending the license and revoking the corporate separation,” Neufeld added, and an email was presented during the hearing: Prosecutor Nitzan Vulkan presented an e-mail she sent to her deputy, Bruria Mendelssohn, regarding the Bezeq Weiss merger: “Must be closed tomorrow. “A message that the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu) wants to sign on Tuesday.”