It was explicitly stated that nothing was promised, and there was no permission from the State Attorney's Office to promise anything.
Again and again, they emphasized that in contrast to negotiations regarding a state-witness agreement, there was no talk of incriminating others, but only about the return of the weapons, and it is possible that the reward would be in the form of a certain punishment, but there is no reference to the testimony, there is no talk of incriminating others, and there is no talk of testimony against others.
It was clarified and emphasized that unlike a state-witness agreement, there is no reference to others.
It was said that this was an "intelligence agreement," and it was emphasized that the reason for the entire process was that it was a strategic weapon.
It was noted that the defendant was the one who spoke about reducing the sentences for him and his son, and that he was the one who proposed certain punishments, in exchange for assistance in the return of the weapons.
Finally, no negotiations regarding the return of the weapons were successful, and at the last meeting on July 24, 2016, it was explicitly stated that there was no deal, no promise, and that there was no discussion at all about the file itself.
My conclusion from the credible testimonies of the intelligence personnel as well as of the deceased is that there was no negotiation to bring the defendant to be a state witness, there was no talk at all about the case itself, about the execution, or about those responsible, the guilty, the accomplices, there was no talk of incrimination, there was no talk of the defendant's testimony against any person, and all that was talked about was the possibility of restoring hope."In the end, it ended in failure, without any arrangement, and moreover, it was clear to the defendant that this attempt, and this negotiation, ended on 24 July 2016.
The testimony of the defendant himself also indicates that the negotiations between him and the intelligence investigators revolved around the return of the commander, and the defendant tried to obtain a reduction in his and his son's sentence against the return of the defendant.