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00:00:21consecutive day of testimony from the former Attorney General
00:00:25Avichai Mandelblit, and after
00:00:28a confrontation with the Prime Minister's lawyer.
00:00:36All updates on what is happening there in the court. Yes, yes,
00:00:39so on the second day of testimony of the former Attorney General Mandelblit, he
00:00:42was given a side room where he could wait to avoid
00:00:46questions that would be directed at him from
00:00:49journalists. And as noted during the testimony
00:00:52that Netanyahu's lawyer told Mandelblit that they had
00:00:56trapped him, but soon there was an exchange of words.
00:01:00Harsh words between Netanyahu's defense and the prosecution, which
00:01:03rose to high tones. Attorney Haddad
00:01:06tells Mandelblit: "They took an Attorney General and trapped him. I
00:01:10will not leave the prosecution, because it is the one that filed this case. I
00:01:14understand the distress. There is someone sitting here whose life is at stake." He is referring
00:01:18to the prosecutor, who does not remain silent. She raises her voice
00:01:21and says: "It was my family's
00:01:24life. We are all prosecutors doing our
00:01:28the accused here." In response,
00:01:30the head of the panel, Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman, ordered
00:01:34a recess, and asked all the lawyers of the parties
00:01:37to enter her chamber. After about a quarter of an hour,
00:01:41the hearing resumes, Mandelblit returns
00:01:44to the courtroom, and the
00:01:48objections from the prosecutor continue
00:01:51to a series of questions from Haddad. Most of the objections
00:01:55are rejected by the judges, but the drama really
00:01:58continues, and we
00:02:08in local government. Kfar Saba Mayor Rafi Sa'ar
00:02:12and his wife are suspected of taking money, including
00:02:15cash, and rigging tenders for them. We turn to you,
00:02:18Haddas Greenberg, everything that can be said about this
00:02:21case. Yes, hello, yes, we are talking about a new corruption case
00:02:25that was exposed today by the police, in which the mayor of Kfar
00:02:28Saba, Rafi Sa'ar, the CEO of the Economic Company, public figures
00:02:32and businessmen were arrested, a total of 17 detainees. We are talking about a covert
00:02:35investigation that began a year ago, in which tenders
00:02:39in the municipality operated through bribery in almost every
00:02:42possible area, tenders that were rigged for cronies, businessmen, and even
00:02:45criminals, and in return, the mayor's wife received
00:02:48bundles of cash. These tenders dealt with
00:02:52almost everything: projects for renovating educational institutions, entertainment complexes, urban
00:02:56renewal, and more. We are talking about an estimated amount of bribery
00:03:00in the millions. Hundreds of thousands of shekels were seized
00:03:03at the mayor's house. We are talking about incidents that allegedly occurred
00:03:07from 2019, a year after Mayor Sa'ar was elected
00:03:11to office. The suspicions are bribery, fraud, breach of trust,
00:03:14and money laundering. Today at noon, all suspects will be brought for remand
00:03:24missile at a suspected aerial target identified in southern Lebanon. No
00:03:28alerts were activated in Israel and it is under investigation, while at the same time
00:03:31reports in Lebanon indicate Hezbollah's reconstruction of its military capabilities
00:03:35and the development of drones capable of carrying up to
00:03:38six kilograms of explosives and attacking deep
00:03:42inside Israel. It was also noted that the organization increased its
00:03:45security measures for fear of Israeli assassinations and evacuated
00:03:48offices and apartments
00:03:49in Beirut.
00:03:53Nathan Guttman, our correspondent in Washington, we turn to you now. You say,
00:03:56Nathan, that Trump has not yet decided on intervention
00:04:00in favor of Saudi Arabia, against the backdrop of Houthi attacks and concerns
00:04:03in Washington. Nathan. President Trump has not yet made a decision regarding
00:04:07the renewal of American military activity against Iran or its proxies.
00:04:10From Washington's perspective, the burning issue right now is the escalation
00:04:14of Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, attacks in which
00:04:18at least one American citizen was also killed. Saudi Arabia has asked
00:04:21the United States for help, but Trump has not yet decided whether to join the fighting. The president
00:04:25said the day before yesterday that he is considering the option. Houthi
00:04:28attacks continued yesterday as well, and one fatality was reported from missile attacks
00:04:32on Saudi Arabia. The possibility of renewing direct American
00:04:35attacks against Iran is also on the table, but here too
00:04:38the president has not made a decision. Iran officially announced yesterday that the response it received
00:04:42from the United States to its seven-point plan for opening the Strait of Hormuz
00:04:46is insufficient, and at the same time, localized attacks were also reported on
00:04:50vessels in the Gulf. Any American decision that is made will also affect
00:04:54the midterm elections in the United States, which will be held in three weeks, and the renewal of
00:04:57fighting, whether in the Houthi arena or directly against Iran, is expected to cause
00:05:01economic consequences that will be felt in the pockets