The Times of Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n‘Destroy the Evidence’<\/h2>\n
Hefetz allegedly urged them to concoct a version of events so their stories would match if they were ever grilled by investigators. He also told them to destroy all evidence of the meeting, according to a testament by Yeshua.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Elovitch told Yeshua to destroy his cellphone, which contained allegedly compromising correspondence between the two men.<\/p>\n
But Yeshua didn\u2019t. Instead, realizing he was in above his head, he made a statement recounting every detail of the meeting to his lawyer for use as a possible future testimony.<\/p>\n
It was a smart move. In 2017, when Yeshua was called to testify against Elovitch in a separate case related to allegations that Elovitch had defrauded investors, he handed this statement — along with his smartphone — to police.<\/p>\n
The final decision on whether to move forward with the non-binding recommendation to charge Netanyahu for corruption will be made by Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israeli investigators\u2019 bombshell recommendation on Sunday to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will cause fresh embarrassment to the Australian casino mogul James Packer. Police believe they have enough evidence to charge Israel\u2019s longest-serving prime minister with breach of trust, bribery, and fraud — and a small part of this relates to gifts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":93804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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