Israel watchers say Netanyahu's indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust may just have turned the hourglass and spelled the end of his lengthy rule
and vowed Thursday to remain in power insisting, without evidence, that the indictment was a personal vendetta.
The two were virtually tied after September’s elections and each failed to assemble a governing majority.Menahem Kahana / AFP - Getty Images Suzie Navot, a professor of constitutional and parliamentary law at Haim Striks School of Law, said it remained an open question whether Netanyahu could continue to hold office while indicted under Israeli law.
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