Mansour Barati, in an interview with the Foreign Relations Strategic Council website regarding the content of Netanyahu’s judicial case, stated: “Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial cases, known as the ‘thousands’ of financial corruption cases, involve receiving and paying bribes, and abuse of public trust and power, which are currently being pursued. This process began in 2016, and in 2019, the then Attorney General formally indicted Netanyahu. Subsequently, the examination of the cases was taken more seriously.”

Barati added: “Despite various developments, these cases have been under review, and some have even approached the issuance of verdicts. Over the past months, Netanyahu has been summoned more than 20 times to testify at the Jerusalem district court, many of which coincided with the Zionist regime’s regional conflicts.”

This expert, noting that discussions about attacking Iran were raised over the past month or two and that these aggressive attacks ultimately began on June 13th and stopped after 12 days, explained: “Netanyahu requested that his next court session be postponed for two weeks due to security issues, which the court ultimately accepted. Netanyahu had declared that his work schedule was very tight and that due to issues arising from the possibility of renewed conflict with Iran, he requested the postponement of his next testimony session in court.”

He continued: “Meanwhile, in recent months, particularly during the conflict with Iran, one of Netanyahu’s lawyers met with Aharon Barak, the former head of the Israeli regime’s Supreme Court, and asked him to mediate so that Netanyahu and the regime’s judiciary could reach a settlement.”

According to Barati, reaching settlements is very common in Israeli legal systems, especially when a political figure has a case under review. Sometimes, that political figure offers a proposal aimed at avoiding the case’s examination, such as accepting a fine in exchange for the case being closed.

The Zionist regime affairs expert emphasized: “The proposal made by Barak was for a settlement in exchange for issuing a six-year disqualification of Netanyahu from public service. However, Netanyahu’s lawyer did not accept this and insisted that the period must be much shorter or limited solely to a financial penalty.”

Barati further stated: “Simultaneously, two other events occurred. One was a message Donald Trump posted on Truth Social titled ‘We saved Israel in the war with Iran, and now I want to save Netanyahu from the Israeli judiciary.’ Trump also requested that the Israeli Prime Minister’s cases be closed and he be acquitted. Trump’s statements were considered interference in internal affairs, and many politicians in Israel protested against it.”

He elaborated, emphasizing that in recent months, the issue of Netanyahu’s pardon by the President was also raised: “In any political system, its head generally holds pardon power. In the Israeli regime, the President also has the authority to pardon certain convicts. Therefore, they requested a pardon from Isaac Herzog, the head of state, in exchange for Netanyahu granting concessions to end the matter. However, Mr. Herzog said that the judicial process for Netanyahu’s cases was incomplete and that he could not take such action while the judiciary is reviewing the case.”

Barati added: “Therefore, this path also did not yield results, and the examination of Netanyahu and his wife’s crimes in the Israeli regime’s judiciary continues.”

He emphasized: “Additionally, Netanyahu is accused in two other cases, QatarGate and October Seventh, for which a case file has not yet been formally opened. According to the Israeli regime’s Attorney General, investigations regarding the QatarGate case are nearing important results, and an arrest warrant and indictment are soon to be issued for one of the former colleagues of the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, namely a former aide of Netanyahu. If these cases are added to Netanyahu’s judicial case file, his situation will become much more difficult.”