Avichai Mandelblit

Netanyahu at trial: No substantial evidence, case was a 'witch hunt' to remove him

Case 1000 hearings begin: Leaks of interrogations into key figures were intentional, says PM.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the District court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, April 9, 2025.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

Former A-G Mandelblit: Judicial reform compromise is 'rotten,' will weaken High Court - exclusive

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Former AG Mandelblit cooperated with Effi Nave to win appointment, recordings show

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to hear testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in the Case 1000 corruption trial, this week.

The prime minister's innocence can unleash positive change – opinion


Mandelblit and Netanyahu lawyer spar before Meron disaster committee

Mandelblit complained that he wasn't allowed to properly finish his questions, and that Miyuchas was interrupting him. Miyuchas at one point described Mandelblit's answers as attempts to "lecture."

 Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit arrives to the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023.

Grapevine April 7, 2023: Olena Zelenska to meet Michal Herzog

President Isaac Herzog has been heavily engaged in diplomacy. But so has his wife Michal – albeit not to the same extent - hers is more in the nature of soft diplomacy.

 FROM LEFT: Jacob Frenkel, Urs Bucher, Gideon Hamburger, Avichai Mandelblit.

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform

Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Mandelblit: Judicial reform is meant to stop Netanyahu's trial

"There's no democracy without this indictment, that isn't Israeli democracy," said Mandelblit about the indictment against Netanyahu.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit sit alongside each other a cabinet meeting in 2014.

NGO calls for new arrangement on conflict of interest as Netanyahu meets A-G

The Movement for Quality Government NGO petitioned the High Court, calling to limit Netanyahu's Prime Ministerial powers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, December 2, 2018

Mandelblit: ICC jumping on Russia war crimes won’t harm Israel

Mandelblit said that Israel's significant investment in probing its own alleged war crimes would protect it from outside legal cases.

 Outgoing Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit at his retirement ceremony, February 1, 2022.

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: I refused to let pressures stop Netanyahu trial

Speaking at an Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv celebrating his tenure, former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit said that Netanyahu had attempted to undermine his position.

Avicahi Mandelblit

Netanyahu fails to secure plea deal with Mandelblit

Benjamin Netanyahu could theoretically negotiate a new plea deal with the new attorney-general, but it is clear it won't be more lenient than what Avichai Mandelblit offered.

 Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Avichai Mandelblit at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

Can Israel's new A-G restore public's trust in the legal establishment? - editorial

People’s trust in the country’s legal establishment seems to be at an all-time low, and it is up to the attorney-general to help restore that trust.

 Newly appointed Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara seen during a welcome ceremony for her in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022.

Gov't approves Baharav-Miara as next A-G - first woman in the post

Baharav-Miara is a private-sector lawyer at Tadmor-Levy & Co., but worked for over three decades in the Justice Ministry.

  Gali Baharav-Miara

Who is democracy’s threat, Netanyahu or the police? - comment

As Netanyahu was being accused of undermining the rule of law, those charged with preserving that law were breaking it.

 OPPOSITION LEADER MK Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his ongoing trial at Jerusalem District Court in November.