A one-time close aide to former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand for the first time in Netanyahu's ongoing corruption trial on Wednesday. The previous aide, former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber, told the Jerusalem court that Netanyahu had instructed him to "mitigate" the competition for the Israeli telecom company Bezeq. In turn, Bezeq news site Walla reportedly published favorable coverage about Netanyahu and his family, The Times ...