"Did you write an interview with yourself?": The embarrassing revelation about Mandelblit and the Walla website
In the cross-examination of Avichai Mandelblit in the Netanyahu trial, attorney Amit Hadad confronted him with questions about receiving and editing interview drafts. Mandelblit repeatedly answered "maybe," leading Hadad to ask: "Did you write an interview with yourself?" Later, Mandelblit recalled an interview of the Israel Bar Association published on Walla.
During the cross-examination of former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial, Netanyahu's defense attorney, Amit Hadad, confronted him with questions about whether he used to receive interview drafts, edit them, and request changes or removal of paragraphs before publication. Mandelblit struggled to recall and repeatedly answered "maybe," leading to a confrontation where Hadad challenged him: "Did you write an interview with yourself?" Later, Mandelblit recalled an interview related to the Israel Bar Association published on the Walla website, and Hadad linked this to the publication to argue that it was a normative practice. The article presents these points as reinforcing the defense's claim of selective enforcement, suggesting that routine media actions are portrayed as criminal when done by Netanyahu, while senior officials engage in them themselves.