The investigation against Netanyahu began was one of the greatest days of my life: my son was born. Now he’s less than two years away from his bar mitzvah, and it looks like he’ll become a Jewish man before Netanyahu becomes a free one.

After his testimony ended last week, for the second time in three years, the panel of judges overseeing Netanyahu’s corruption trial told prosecutors what they apparently do not want to hear: the central bribery charge against the premier is not worth pursuing.

During a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court yesterday—convened to debate whether to expand the trial to five sessions a week—the three-judge panel reiterated a recommendation it first issued in June 2023, advising the prosecution to drop the bribery count on the grounds that it would be difficult to prove and would only drag the proceedings out further.