Tag: Avichai Mandelblit
Former Balad MK calls for ‘revolt against Israeli occupation’
Yamina Knesset member Bezalel Smotrich called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Wednesday to investigate a former Balad Party lawmaker for incitement over remarks calling on Arab Israelis to “revolt.”
Former Balad Knesset member Jamal...
Likud lawmaker calls to drop charges in criminal case against Netanyahu
Likud lawmaker and coalition chairman Miki Zohar announced on Tuesday that he has formally requested that the state drop all charges in one of the criminal cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, due...
Israeli minister accuses attorney general of attempt to ‘politically eliminate’ Netanyahu
Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana accused Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit of waging a campaign to “politically eliminate” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
During an on-stage interview at a conference held by the Hebrew-language weekly B’Sheva,...
Netanyahu accuses attorney general of ‘scandalous’ inaction regarding death threats
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Tuesday over what Netanyahu said was Mandelblit’s failure to take seriously violent threats against him and his family.
“Your total lack of action...
Israeli public security minister to attorney general: ‘Take the threats against Netanyahu seriously’
Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit over the weekend to take seriously what Ohana described as a growing threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family.
In...
Netanyahu accuses attorney general of orchestrating a coup against him
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the country’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, of orchestrating a coup attempt, just hours after Mandelblit officially opposed Netanyahu’s request that he be allowed to receive NIS...
Transcript: Netanyahu’s exclusive post-arraignment ‘Channel 20’ interview
In the wake of his arraignment at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday afternoon and hours after conducting the first Cabinet meeting of the newly sworn-in government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down...
Mandelblit to High Court: No legal barrier to Netanyahu serving as prime minister
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit told the country’s High Court of Justice on Thursday that in his opinion there is no legal obstacle Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a government and serving as...
Netanyahu formally indicted in three corruption cases
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit filed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment in Jerusalem on Tuesday, just hours after Netanyahu withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. The indictment...
Thousands attend pro-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv
Thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night to protest against what they claimed was an attempted coup against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following the attorney general’s decision last week to indict...