TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what’s expected to be a weekslong spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what’s expected to be a weekslong spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes as he faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues.
“I waited eight years for this moment, to say the truth,” Netanyahu said, standing at a podium in a packed Tel Aviv courtroom. He called the charges against him “an ocean of absurdness” and promised his version would cut through the prosecution's case. His lawyer asked that he be allowed to receive notes while testifying to help ensure he can continue running the country.
Netanyahu, 75, denies wrongdoing, saying the charges are a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media and a biased legal system out to topple his lengthy rule. His testimony caps years of scandals that have swirled around him and his family. An Israeli court rejected a request by Netanyahu’s lawyers to reduce the expected testimony hours, as well as several other requests to delay its start, which they said were necessary because of the prime minister’s busy schedule and the country's significant challenges. A verdict isn’t expected until 2026 at the earliest and Netanyahu will have the option to appeal at the Supreme Court.
Netanyahu is also alleged to have offered a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken his paper’s main rival in return for more favorable coverage.
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