List of key protagonists in Netanyahu’s trial
First Witness: Former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua, who helped break open Case 4000, the Walla-Bezeq Affair, for which Netanyahu stands accused of bribery
Prosecutors: Attorney-General Mandelblit
Former state attorney Shai Nitzan
Lead prosecutor Liat Ben-Ari Lead Case 4000 prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh
Avichai
Netanyahu defense lawyers:
Boaz Ben Tzur
Amit Hadad
Judges:
Rivka Friedman-Feldman Moshe Bar-Am Oded Shaham
Former top Netanyahu aides turned state’s witnesses
Shlomo Filber – accusing Netanyahu of bribery in Case 4000 after carrying out his illegal orders
Nir Hefetz – accusing Netanyahu of bribery in Case 4000 after carrying out his illegal orders
Ari Harow – providing background, but not direct accusations in Cases 1000 and 2000, recorded key Netanyahu meetings (by prime minister’s order) in Case 2000
Other Key Players:
Shaul Elovitch – in Case 4000, owner of Walla and of Bezeq
and accused of bribing Netanyahu
Iris Elovitch – in Case 4000, wife of Shaul and accused of assisting in the bribery scheme
Zeev Rubinstein – a long-time friend of Netanyahu and Elovitch who also had business connections to Elovitch and
allegedly was a middle man for the Walla part of the media bribery scheme
Sara Netanyahu – the prime minister’s wife, a middle person for the Walla part of the Case 4000 media bribery scheme and allegedly received illegal gifts in Case 1000, but not
indicted as a defendant
Eitan Tzafrir – Communications Ministry chief of staff who allegedly aided in Bezeq schemes
Avi Berger – Communications Ministry director-general who Netanyahu fired for blocking Bezeq schemes; he was
replaced by Shlomo Filber
Arnon “Noni” Mozes – in Case 2000, owner of Yediot Aharonot and accused of attempting to bribe Netanyahu
Arnon Milchin – in Case
1000, allegedly gave Netanyahu NIS 462,602 worth of illegal gifts
Hadas Kline – aide to Milchin and accusing Netanyahu of illegalities in Case 1000.