Netanyahu trial judges defend assertion that bribery charge will be hard to prove – Judges also reject allegations made in a public complaints process that they are intimidated by the PM’s trial due to its political and social sensitivities | Timesofisrael

The judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial have rejected complaints that they acted improperly in suggesting that the state prosecution withdraw the bribery charge against the premier, and denied that they are in any way intimidated by the trial.
Responding to complaints filed to the Public Complaints Commission on Judges, Judges Rebecca Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am and Oded Shaham insisted that they are running the trial in a fair, open and neutral manner, and that the proposal to withdraw the bribery charge was not based on a pre-judgement but after having heard numerous witnesses regarding the case.