Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu charged with fraud and bribery
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged in a series of corruption scandals.
Attorney general Avichai Mandelblit issued an indictment on Thursday charging Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and bribery. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing.
The decision to charge him is likely to deal a heavy blow to his hopes of remaining in office.
Israel has recently held two inconclusive elections, with a third likely amid an ongoing political impasse.
The allegations against Netanyahu include suspicions that he accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of champagne and cigars from billionaire friends, offered to trade favours with a newspaper publisher, and used his influence to help a wealthy telecoms magnate in exchange for favourable coverage on a popular news site.
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The Establishment Kamikaze has begun!
He is a murderer and an international terrorist. He should be arrested and tried in the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity along with the PM of India Modi.
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Woo Hoo! Maybe this is the start of a domino effect, and we’ll see other so-called leaders facing the same (Bojo, May, Cameron, Blair, etc.,). It would certainly be a good thing if Benjamin Netanyahu was properly punished for his crimes, but I suspect that he’ll get nothing worse than a rap on the knuckles. If he doesn’t, then the Israeli Legal system might be waking up from a long-enforced torpor, a precedent I hope that is followed around the Globe.