The Bibi Files

"Is it working? Well, with your permission Prime Minister"

"according to the rules, I am informing you that you are being investigated."

"You don't have to say anything"

"but everything that you say is documented"

"and may be used against you in a court of law."

"Nothing concentrates the mind like the prospect of being hanged."

"With Netanyahu, nothing concentrates his mind"

more than the sound of the prison gate

slammed behind his back.

"You're asking me delusional questions"

"trying to get to the bottom of my cup and ashtray."

"This is preposterous and insane."

"You're trying to incriminate the prime minister on nonsense."

So everything that he has done over the last five years

was so focused

on that sound of the gate

potentially slammed behind his back.

"To fully understand the chaos in the region"

"one has to look back at the prime minister's legal predicament."

"The corruption trial became a dominant factor"

"in his decision making."

The engine is the corruption cases.

"And it all started with the fact that the prime minister does not respect the law."

Anyone that dared to touch Mr. Netanyahu is doomed.

"And after the catastrophe of the 7th of October"

"the war became another instrument to stay in power."

"He survive in a state of war."

"He survive in a state of instability."

He survive when we fight each other.

He survive when our enemies fight each other.

"A forever war is beneficial to Netanyahu."

This makes people feel like they are always in danger

like they always need him.

"There's always some huge threat..."

"I think that that helps him remain prime minister."

It's not a cover-up.

It's not that he tried to kill evidence.

He tried to kill the system!

"He took all of us hostage in this trial."

"I am a political analyst for Channel 13 in the news company."

"We did hundreds of investigative reports over the years on everybody..."

"stories about Prime Minister Sharon"

"stories about Prime Minister Barak"

"and I did a lot of the stories of Prime Minister Netanyahu."

"Do the Netanyahus know who you are?"

Do the Netanyahus... Yes, they know.

"The Netanyahus family and Mr. Netanyahu"

"single me out as one of their worst enemies for the last 15 years or so."

"He sued me three times."

"But he received zero. There was no case."

"It got to the point that they demanded for my channel to fire me..."

or at least get me out to a long, long vacation...

if they want to get something from the government.

It was me or the channel.

"Netanyahu, over the years, had many corruption cases."

"In 1997"

"he was investigated for appointing the attorney general"

"in some corrupt deal."

"Later, he was interrogated for getting gifts."

"Also, one case that starts from investigative reports that I made"

"it's about the submarines deal that Israel has with Germany."

"But he was never prosecuted."

When you do something wrong and you get away with it

once and twice and three times, and 10 times and 20 times

you're beginning to think that you are immune

that nothing will touch you.

"So it wasn't long before Netanyahu was into trouble, again."

"A few rules, your honor the prime minister"

"and then we will continue the investigation."

"Just so I understand, these are the suspicions that you raise"

"in this specific investigation or in any investigation?"

- "In this investigation." - "But there could be other investigations?"

"That's correct."

The police, because it was a prime minister investigation

and they knew that it will be very high profile

they investigated everybody.

"I mean hundreds of people."

"Some of the witnesses were interrogated twice"

"three times, four times."

"You have a rare opportunity"

"to see the most powerful people "in Israel"

"in interrogation rooms"

"dealing with questions that were never been asked."

"What did you give? What did you get?"

"How many times you met him?"

And you see people in the most tense part of their life.

"We always pay when we go out with them."

"Why do you always pay?"

"Ask them."

"All of Bibi's friends are rich."

"So that's the essence of your friendship? Money?"

"What can I say? If this comes out, I'm dead."

"Get me a Cohiba Behike cigar."

"That's what he asked for?"

- "$1100 US for a box of ten." - "Wow."

"I'll give you whatever you want, I just don't know..."

- "Something criminal you mean?" - "We're reviewing criminal activity."

"There was a whole industry, that until today..."

"An industry of what?"

"An industry of high value gifts that you can't even imagine."

"From whom to whom?"

"Without specifying which gifts at which time periods."

"From super wealthy millionaires to Sara and Bibi."

"Netanyahu, he keeps around him"

"almost in every part in the world"

"someone like a sugar daddy."

Everything you need that was not supported by the country

he will do it for you.

But when those guys has interest in Israel...

business interests or some other interest...

then it became very, very problematic.

"Our first question for you is whether you, or any of your family members"

"have received any gifts or favors from wealthy businessmen in the last decade."

"If I have received any gifts?"

"I received things from close friends"

"from close acquaintances like cigars and things like that."

"But only from close friends. That's not an illegal gift."

"From what I've been told."

"Please tell us, who are those close friends? Those you define as close friends."

- "And what did you get from them?" - "Very close friends..."

"that I have known for many years"

"I have quite a few of those."

"The question is who?"

"If you wanted to make a movie about a fabulously-wealthy Israeli entrepreneur"

"who strikes it rich in Hollywood"

"after a successful career as an international arms dealer"

"and undercover operative for his government"

"well, there's only one person to produce it..."

"Arnon Milchan."

"It's his life story."

"Arnon Milchan, it's a..."

it's extraordinary story.

"Arnon Milchan is an Israeli guy"

"who rise to fame by becoming a Hollywood producer."

Congratulations.

"He produced some of the biggest hits and even won Oscars."

"And he became a tycoon."

Noguchi, Gauguin.

Blue period, Picasso.

"He's based in the US, but he always kept a really good contacts in Israel..."

mostly and especially with the prime minister.

"Everybody knows that if you want to speak with the prime minister, go to Arnon."

"If you need something from the prime minister, go to Arnon."

"This relationship... it's worth a lot."

"Why can't the prime minister buy things for himself?"

"Ask him!"

"I'm asking you, because you were the one asked to buy it."

"Because when he asks..."

"and he's the prime minister... How do you say it? I need to help the country."

"How is it helping the country?"

"Is it easier to run a country with a bottle of champagne?"

"Look..."

"If you wouldn't have given him the gifts, would you..."

"I give gifts, so what?"

"For me..."

"It's not the end of the world."

"It doesn't impact my financial life."

"Did you give other gifts..."

"To other politicians? Like you did to Netanyahu?"

"The answer is no."

This case... the facts are really...

kind of simple.

"The prime minister and his wife, Sara"

"were getting gifts worth a quarter of million dollars."

"They really liked the good life."

And on the other side

"Netanyahu did so many favors for Arnon Milchan."

Some people think what Arnon Milchan really did was bribe.

He was bribing the prime minister and this was the allegation.

Government officials are not allowed to take gifts, period.

Period! This is corruption.

"And we sent a president, a minister of finance..."

We sent them all to prison for violating that principle...

that nobody is above the law.

"The previous prime minister, Mr. Olmert"

"he was investigated for corrupt deals"

"that were much, much less than the state indicted Netanyahu for."

"And was sent to jail."

"So it's not something vague for Netanyahu."

I'm sure he has a real fear that in the end...

he will send to jail.

He might be 80 years old when it will happen

but it still can happen.

"There is a whole industry trying to incriminate me"

"the public, and the media"

"they're working together to incriminate me."

"I didn't know it before, but I know it now."

"The media creates chaos."

"Oh, the indulgence of the Netanyahu couple, living the life of emperors."

"This is nonsense..."

"It starts with a flaw of character."

"It's his mindset..."

"I deserve it and I can get away with it."

"And it seemed to escalate with the years."

"It mushroomed into something much more comprehensive."

"Does the sum seem reasonable to you?"

"I don't know. I can't tell you if it is reasonable or not."

- "You don't know?" - "No."

"As a gift, is it a lot or a little?"

"If it was given all at once, I guess it's not small."