Published: 9 April 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
PM aides vetted senior appointments at news site, key witness says (Haaretz)
Ex-Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua has testified that he was asked by Bezeq's owners to erase all correspondence indicating that the sites coverage had been tilted in Netanyahu's favour
Ex-news site CEO: I was told to axe Sara Netanyahu item or I’d sink business deal (Times of Israel)
Wrapping up first week of testimony in PM’s trial, Ilan Yeshua says Walla owner Elovitch angrily warned him bad press for PM’s wife would wreck his bid to buy TV provider’s shares
Netanyahu’s judges lost patience with the defence (Jerusalem Post)
ANALYSIS: A one-year trial could mean Netanyahu is on his last legs no matter what happens with coalition machinations, whereas a three-year trial means he could continue to be the major player.
Key witness says he was 'instructed to destroy evidence, co-ordinate versions' (Haaretz)
In second day of testimony, former Bezeq's Walla News CEO described in court how Bezeq owners urged him to wipe out his phones' memory after a police investigation had began
PM's trial resumes with returning witness saying he was threatened (Ynet)
Ilan Yeshua, ex-CEO of Walla, tells court he received 'unpleasant messages' following his testimony a day earlier, where he claimed he was regularly told to cover the Netanyahu family favourably; PM's legal team tried to undermine testimony
Illustration: Court sketch of Ilan Yeshua in the Jerusalem District Court, April 5 (Biana Zakutnik)
