Sarah Ben-Nun

Eyal Eshel, father of an IDF observer killed at the Nahal Oz base, said the families had faced deep frustration over what he described as missing information from the defense establishment.

Comptroller Englman raised concerns that membership fees may have been paid by someone other than the party member, a practice that is illegal under Israeli law.

The cross-examination section of the trial is in its final stretch. The hearings come on the backdrop of the fragile developments with Iran.

Roman Gofman is set to assume the role of Mossad chief after the High Court approved his appointment on Monday.

Netanyahu is currently being cross-examined in Case 2000, the media-corruption case involving his conversations with Yediot Aharonot publisher Arnon “Noni” Mozes ahead of the 2015 election.

Speaking at the Israel Bar Association’s annual conference in Eilat, Baharav-Miara said the judicial overhaul had entered a more extreme “second phase."

He said the situation had reached the point where some judges were afraid to answer phone calls from unknown numbers out of fear of threats and harassment.

The conviction came as part of a plea agreement between the parties.

The indictment, which prosecutors will file shortly in the Tel Aviv District Court, charges Urich with delivering secret information with the intent to harm state security and destroying evidence.

The case concerns Ras Ein al-Auja, a Bedouin Palestinian herding community north of Jericho whose residents say they were effectively pushed out after months of sustained settler harassment.