The state has decided to suspend a witness intimidation case against three of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides due to a failure to extradite one of the suspects, Yisrael Einhorn, from Serbia to Israel for the trial, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said Friday.

“The state informed the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court that due to the non-arrival in Israel of Yisrael Einhorn for trial, it was decided to delay the legal proceedings,” her office said in a statement. “The proceedings will be renewed with his arrival.”

In a court notice published by Hebrew media, Baharav-Miara said, without naming Einhorn, that there was currently “no practical option to bring a central and vital witness in for testimony,” and that she had instructed prosecutors to keep her informed about “efforts to locate the witness.”

Einhorn, Jonatan Urich and Ofer Golan were indicted in February 2025 for harassing Shlomo Filber, a key witness in Netanyahu’s corruption trial. The three allegedly sent a car with a megaphone to Filber’s home in 2019 in a bid to pressure him to retract his testimony against the premier.

At the time of the alleged incident, Einhorn served as a Likud spokesman, while Urich served........

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