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.