Former A-G Avichai Mandelblit begins testimony in Netanyahu trial over investigations authorization

Former Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has begun testifying in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His testimony centers specifically on the authorization of police investigations into the prime minister.

The central focus of Mandelblit's testimony is examining whether law enforcement investigators remained strictly within the authorized scope of the approvals he granted. This question regarding the boundaries of the police investigations has been a recurring point raised by the defense throughout the course of the trial.