Judge Bar-Am Dismantles Prosecution's Version in Netanyahu Trial
Following the former Attorney General's explicit admission on the witness stand, Judge Moshe Bar-Am intervened and stated that "apparently, Mandelblit did not authorize investigating the cigars direction at all" • The defense presented the meeting…
Assessment
The judge's intervention marks a significant crack in the prosecution's case. If the protocol indeed shows police acted against the attorney general's explicit instructions on the cigars investigation, the defense gains a concrete procedural argument beyond the merits of the charges. Watch whether the court treats this as a systemic failure or an isolated lapse, since that distinction will shape the ruling's scope.