The combative prime minister has refused to step down during three years of investigation.
he enjoyed for more than a decade. Gantz, who is scheduled to rotate into the premier’s job in 18 months, controls half the cabinet portfolios, including the Justice Ministry, which is in charge of the corruption case.Academics and good-government groups, including several that sued to prevent Netanyahu from staying in office during the trial, have decried the rhetorical combat as politically and culturally corrosive. Netanyahu’s supporters say it’s the prosecution that’s hurting democracy.
“We have this exceptional situation where Netanyahu has refused to resign and the electorate and the political system have more or less come to terms with the idea that we are going to have the trial while he is in office,” Shany said. Netanyahu faces counts of bribery, breach of trust and fraud stemming from alleged misdeeds going back a decade. Here are the cases, by their case numbers in the Israeli court system.The first set of charges centers on allegations that Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, received gifts of cigars and jewelry worth around $280,000 in exchange for political favors. Mandelblit recommended that Netanyahu be charged with fraud and breach of trust.
Three of Netanyahu’s former confidants — Shlomo Filber, former director general of the Communications Ministry; former media adviser Nir Hefetz; and Netanyahu’s former chief of staff Ari Harow — have all become prosecution witnesses and turned over evidence.
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