Netanyahu’s testimony isn’t that different from his masterful media appearances
It’s Binyamin Netanyahu’s worst nightmare. With the Middle East transforming by the hour, he’ll have to spend three days a week giving testimony in his criminal trials before Jerusalem District Court judges, though the sessions are being held in Tel Aviv for security reasons.
Netanyahu began testifying as a witness for the defense, being examined by his attorney Amit Haddad, a protégé of the late chareidi attorney Yaakov Weinroth. Netanyahu’s testimony isn’t that different from his masterful media appearances, as he demonstrated once again at his press conference last week on the eve of his first day of testimony.
In that environment, it’s Netanyahu who sets the tone, the boundaries, and the narrative. But in the cross-examination phase by the prosecution, things will look very different.
“We’ve changed the face of the Middle East, but there are wide-ranging ramifications,” Netanyahu began, explaining that he’d have to divide his attention between his testimony and the notes passed to him throughout the proceedings.
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