{
  "id": 16582205,
  "title": "Mandelblit resumes testimony as Netanyahu defense presses on investigation approvals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mandelblit-resumes-testimony-as-netanyahu-defense-presses-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T09:44:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-912881"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit resumed his testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial on Monday, as the defense questioned whether investigators acted within the approvals Mandelblit gave them. Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Hadad, challenged Mandelblit on what he permitted police to examine and which investigative steps required his further approval. Mandelblit maintained that investigators did not need to return to him for approval of every individual action, stating that their broader permission to examine suspicions that Netanyahu received substantial benefits from businessmen remained in place.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}