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Netanyahu trial resumes next week: What to watch as cross-examination returns - explainer

The trial remains deep in the testimony phase in Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000, with Case 4000 emerging as one of the defining legal and political sagas of Netanyahu’s era.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gal Hirsch, Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing in the Prime Minister's Office hold a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerursalem, January 27, 2026.

Gal Hirsch faces backlash over Independence Day torch-lighting amid tax fraud trial

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations, in Jerusalem, February 15, 2026.

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French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

 Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.

Rare trial to begin in challenge to Trump-backed deportations of pro-Palestinian campus activists

Judges have ordered the release of students detained by immigration authorities after they argued the administration retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian advocacy

 Students rally at the Columbia University campus in New York City, US, April 17, 2025

Netanyahu reports feeling ‘sick,’ trial hearing ends early

The testimony in the trial began on Tuesday morning behind closed doors, due to the sensitivity of the information disclosed.

 BILLS HAVE already been introduced to dissolve the Knesset, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with the key actors in this drama to try to avert that outcome. Here, Netanyahu arrives in the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court, before the start of his testimony on Tuesday.

‘I wasn’t a dog that answers to whistles,’ Netanyahu says at trial

Netanyahu testified that his friendships with billionaires Milchan and Packer were personal, denying any political favors despite evidence of gifts and contact.

 Benjamin Netanyahu at a previous hearing in his trial; illustrative.

Netanyahu trial: Cross-examination testimony opens in Tel Aviv

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court for day three of cross-examinations in his corruption trial, May 9, 2025.

First day of cross-examination: Prosecution calls Netanyahu testimony consistency into question

The prime minister insisted that whenever he said he “didn’t remember,” he truly didn’t remember - and was not trying to get out of a question or use the response to avoid telling the truth. 

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2025.

Netanyahu cross-examined in day 36 of criminal corruption trial

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Aviv court for criminal trial, June 3, 2025.

Businessman Morris Talansky, witness in Ehud Olmert trial, passes away at 92

According to the verdict, Talansky transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to former prime minister Olmert over several years.

 U.S. businessman Morris Talansky appears in court in Jerusalem June 28, 2009. Talansky, at the centre of a bribery case against former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, appeared at Jerusalem District Court on Sunday to resume his testimony.

Netanyahu criminal trial: Mozes’ defense wraps up, cross-examination set to begin next week

Netanyahu's criminal trial wrapped on Wednesday, paving the way for the prosecution's cross-examination next week, which could be a major turning point in is image and legacy.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the 33rd day of his corruption trial hearing at the Tel Aviv District Courthouse, May 20, 2025.

Netanyahu: I never registered conversations with Mozes as bribery

“I never took this as bribery. I saw it as a general statement that he would try to get to it, not at all something specific. I didn’t take it that seriously, nor did anybody else,” Netanyahu said.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2025.