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Mandelblit Testifies Netanyahu Investigation Began After Gift Claims
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- Avichai Mandelblit testified he authorized a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- He said Hadas Klein’s testimony about regular gifts prompted the shift to a criminal probe.
- Judges ordered prosecutors to give the defense the full record of Mandelblit’s 2016 meeting remarks.
- Mandelblit asserted he ordered police to stop contacting journalist Ben Caspit, calling it improper.