Reports: Judges in Netanyahu trial tell prosecution bribery charge has little chance – Walla and Channel 13 news also report justices urged sides to reach plea bargain ‘for the sake of the country’ | Timesofisrael

The judges presiding over the criminal trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have told prosecutors in the case that the bribery charges against the premier will be difficult to prove, Hebrew media outlets reported Thursday.
According to Walla and Channel 13, the judges convened with state prosecutors and Netanyahu’s defense team in their chambers Thursday in order to discuss the complexities involved in substantiating the bribery charges against the prime minister in Case 4000, the most significant of the three cases against Netanyahu that make up the trial.