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Netanyahu Defense Asks Court to Summon Former A-G Avichai Mandelblit to Testify Before Election

Summary by Jerusalem Post
His testimony is likely to focus on what he authorized investigators to examine, when he authorized it and whether police went beyond those limits.

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The former attorney general is expected to be the next defense witness and testify on October 11-12 and 18-22. • It was Mandelblit who approved the investigations and the filing of indictments against Netanyahu. The post Days before the elections: Netanyahu's lawyers seek to summon Mandelblit to testify first appeared on JDN.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyers have asked the Jerusalem District Court to issue an order to summon former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to testify (court)

Prime Minister Netanyahu's lawyers have asked the court to allow former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to be the next defense witness and testify for several days in October - very close to the elections.

Since the beginning of the trial, the defense has claimed that the former attorney general did not authorize the opening of an investigation against the prime minister, as required by law.

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haaretz.co.il broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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