Israel resumes corruption trial against Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court Tuesday to testify for the first time in a corruption trial, the first criminal prosecution of a sitting head of the country's government. teleSUR

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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court in Tel Aviv on Monday to

00:04take the stand again in his long-running corruption trial.

00:08Netanyahu will answer charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate

00:13cases during his appearances.

00:15He is accused of accepting goods worth tens of thousands of dollars from a billionaire

00:19Hollywood producer in exchange for assistance for his personal and business interests.

00:25In addition, he is also on trial for promoting advantageous regulations for media models

00:30in exchange for federal coverage for himself and his family.

00:34For his part, the Zionist Prime Minister claims that charges are a witch hunt orchestrated

00:39by hostile media and a biased judiciary.

00:42Netanyahu is the first sitting Israeli juror to testify as a defendant in a criminal trial.

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