Netanyahu is examining whether the amendment of the indictment will allow him to file a request for immunity again

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Defense attorneys for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Wednesday) submitted to the Jerusalem District Court an urgent request to extend the deadline for filing a response to the indictment in the Alps cases. As you may recall, the hearing is scheduled for exactly one more week, January 13, while the requested postponement date is at the earliest on February 3.

Netanyahu cases: Court hearing on the issue of disclosure of evidence // Photo: Photo: Yoni Rickner

In the request, attorneys Boaz Ben-Zur and Amit Hadad stated that they are examining the possibility that the amendment of the indictment will allow Netanyahu to be granted immunity: “It should be noted that the known legal significance of amending the indictment in relation to the MK Immunity Law is currently being examined. The applicant maintains all his claims on the matter. “

They justified the request due to the isolation of the legal staff, new allegations in the amended indictment and a few working days. According to them, only five working days do not make it possible to properly fulfill the requirement to respond to the indictment. According to them, “a tight schedule of a few days to prepare a response to the amended indictment – deprives the applicant of the right to conduct a fair trial.”

They also sought to change the subject matter of the hearing so that it would deal with their request to dismiss the indictment, in their view due to the fact that the prosecution did not give the court permits to open investigations against the prime minister, as required by law. The request was also joined by the other defendants in the Alps cases – the couple Shaul and Iris Alovich and Arnon (Noni) Mozes.

The chairman of the Tnufa party, Ofer Shelach, said in response to Netanyahu’s request to postpone his trial: “What more does it take for us to understand that everything this man does, every decision and every statement of his, is affected by their motive being the desire to escape justice? What more does it take to understand that a person who thinks and acts like this simply cannot be prime minister? “.

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