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Netanyahu's Last Stand?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a corruption problem.
Specifically, he has a "getting caught" problem.

For the third time this year, the Israeli police have recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with taking bribes, fraud and breach of trust, this time accusing him of performing official favors for a telecommunications and media conglomerate in exchange for adoring coverage by its news subsidiary.

That case and two others now await a decision by the attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, on whether to indict Mr. Netanyahu. If he does, it would be the first time in Israel’s history that a sitting prime minister faced criminal charges.

In addition, Mr. Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, is on trial on charges that she misused some $100,000 in public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem. Prosecutors say she misspent that money on catered meals from celebrity chefs while covering up the fact that the residence already had a government-paid cook.

Netanyahu was also accused of trying to bribe a judge, but there was a lack of evidence.

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit actually stepped aside and will let Israel's High Court of Justice make the decision.

The High Court of Justice will have to decide if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has to resign if he is indicted in the corruption cases against him, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said on Monday.

“In principle, my position is to act according to the law and the rulings of the Supreme Court," the attorney general said during a session of the State Control Committee, in the Knesset.

"In the case of a cabinet minister, there is a clear ruling of the Supreme Court to the effect that after a decision is made to file of an indictment against him, the minister must resign from his post. As for the prime minister, this is a not simple question, it certainly will reach the High Court, and then it will have to decide on this matter, too,” Mendelblit told the committee.

There's still a lot of if's concerning this case, but I'm hoping that Netanyahu finally goes down.

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dystopian's picture

Is he collecting these indictment thingies? Three seems a good haul for a year. Oh that Bibi. He just looks like an evil character because he is one.

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About damn time! I'd heard the name for years and years before really understanding what a POS he was.

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dervish's picture

and create the distraction that he needs in order to stay in power.

If he does, I hope he tries it with ground troops.

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