Police have recommended indicting the Israeli Prime Minister for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement after a meeting of the Likud party in the Israeli town of Ramat Gan, on Feb. 21, 2019.Israel’s attorney-general is expected to deliver a much-anticipated decision Thursday on whether to indict Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations, a momentous move that looks to shake up Israel’s election campaign and potentially spell the end of the prime minister’s illustrious political career.
Netanyahu doesn’t look to go that quietly. He denies any wrongdoing and calls the various allegations a media-orchestrated witch hunt aimed at removing him from office. He has vowed to carry on and is deadlocked in the polls, 40 days before Israelis go to vote. In a last-ditch effort to prevent the publication, Netanyahu’s Likud party has petitioned a court to have it delayed until after the elections.
Mandelblit’s decision could either galvanize Netanyahu’s hard-line supporters who see him as a victim of an overzealous prosecution or turn more moderate backers against him who have tired of his lengthy rule tainted by long-standing accusations of corruption and hedonism. “I can say this: that he’s done a great job as prime minister. He’s tough, he’s smart, he’s strong,” Trump said.
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