Netanyahu denies instructing Filber on Bezeq-Yes merger as Case 4000 cross-examination grows heated
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-02-25 03:30 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Middle East
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected claims that he instructed then-Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber to advance the approval of the Bezeq-Yes merger, as prosecutors pressed him on contemporaneous accounts at the center of the bribery charge in Case 4000.
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