Investigator's testimony in Case 4000: Why wasn't the former Walla CEO questioned under caution?

Police officer Tzachi Ben Hemo testified in the Netanyahu trial that he warned his commander, Yoav Talem, about the decision not to question Ilan Yeshua, a key prosecution witness in Case 4000, under caution. According to him, when he asked how they would justify this in court, Talem replied: "It won't reach court." The prosecution rejects this interpretation.

Police officer Tzachi Ben Hemo testified today (Thursday) in the Netanyahu trial that he warned his commander, Yoav Talem, about the decision not to question Ilan Yeshua, one of the key prosecution witnesses in Case 4000, under caution. Ben Hemo, who was involved in other investigations, said he believed Yeshua should have been questioned under caution as a suspect and raised the issue with Talem. According to him, when he asked how the decision could be justified in court, he received a surprising answer: "It won't reach court." In his cross-examination by Netanyahu's defense attorney, Adv. Amit Hadad, Ben Hemo was asked about the contacts with Yeshua regarding the possibility of him becoming a state witness. Judge Moshe Bar-Am intervened and asked Ben Hemo if it wasn't important for him to understand why an unusual decision was made, and the investigator replied that he was told there was approval from the Attorney General. The prosecution, however, rejects the claims and argues that Ben Hemo misunderstood the situation in real time, and that no promise was ever made to Yeshua.