The Supreme Court must rule on the date set for the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu for corruption. The Attorney General opposed further delays in the process, which has been marked by a series of recent scandals affecting the Prime Minister's Office in Israel.
One of the controversies, known as BibiLeaks, involves the alleged leak of classified information to the media to influence public opinion. It is suspected that officials from Netanyahu's Office collaborated with intelligence officers to disseminate manipulated material that favored certain interests. The Attorney General has requested an investigation into Netanyahu for these leaks.
Additionally, Netanyahu's chief of staff has been accused of extorting an official to alter the minutes of meetings prior to a Hamas attack in 2023. It is suggested that there were attempts to manipulate information to conceal the extent of knowledge that Netanyahu's office had before the incident.
On the other hand, an independent investigation into the errors that led to the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, is still pending. The delay in publishing the findings has generated criticism and questions about the accountability of the authorities, including the Prime Minister.
Finally, Netanyahu's legal defense has requested a new delay for his corruption trial that began in 2020. The former Prime Minister has also expressed his discontent with the conditions of his pretrial detention and has denounced pressure to obtain false statements against him.
