Earlier, Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Hadad, first opened the defense argument, portraying the corruption trial as biased and his client as the victim of a political witch-hunt.
Prosecutors, he said, "weren't investigating a crime, they were pursuing a man."
Netanyahu then sought to downplay the significance of the charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, and stress his political legacy. He strongly denies any wrongdoing.
"I have been waiting for eight years for this moment to tell the truth," the veteran leader told the court in Tel Aviv.
"But I am also a prime minister… I am leading the country through a seven-front war, and I think the two can be done in parallel."
AzVision.az
