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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s fate and the future of Israeli democracy

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This week a legal proceeding is taking place that may have as much if not more to do with the future of Israel’s government as the stalemated negotiations to form a new governing coalition....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attorney Yossi Ashkenazi arrives at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem on Oct. 2, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s lawyers: ‘The attorney general is listening to us closely’

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“The attorney general’s people are listening to us closely,” a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal defense team said on Thursday. Speaking to the media going into the second day of Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing,...
Israelis demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the house of Attorney General of Israel, Avichai Mandelblit, ahead of the hearing on the corruption cases in which Netanyahu is a suspect, on October 1, 2019. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Pre-indictment hearings begin in Israel, putting Netanyahu on the political sidelines for now

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday after three years of investigation. Netanyahu, who did not attend the hearing, is seeking to convince Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and state prosecutors not...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz delivers a statement in Tel Aviv on Sept. 26, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90.

As coalition talks fail, Netanyahu’s indictment hearings begin

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As coalition negotiations appear to have failed, potentially leading Israel into an unprecedented third round of national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Wednesday for a pre-indictment hearing with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. Netanyahu’s...
Israelis demonstrate in support of Benjamin Netanyahu outside the home of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ahead of the hearing on various corruption cases involving the prime minister, Oct. 1, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Netanyahu pre-indictment hearing begins, attorneys to present ‘new evidence’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday at the office of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem. Over the next four days, Netanyahu’s attorneys, Amit Hadad, Ram Caspi and Yossi Ashkenazi, will...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the extension of Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and its Jewish communities, on Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu wants pre-trial hearing broadcast live

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for his pre-trial hearing next week to be broadcast live on Israeli television. “After a three-year flood of tendentious, partial media leaks, the time has come for the...
Israeli Welfare Minister Haim Katz during a finance committee meeting in the Knesset on March 5, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Welfare minister resigns as corruption charges loom

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Likud Knesset member Haim Katz resigned as Israel’s welfare minister on Friday after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced earlier in the week that he plans to indict him on fraud and breach of trust...
Knesset member Hanin Zoabi is removed by Knesset security during her speech at a plenum session before a vote on a bill requiring left-wing foundations and organizations to reveal their sources of funding, on Feb. 8, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Former MK Hanin Zoabi may face indictment for fraud, money laundering

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Former Balad Knesset member Hanin Zoabi has been summoned for a hearing before a final decision is made on whether she will be indicted on corruption charges, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on...
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a ceremony at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Nov. 14, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

Attorney General rejects Netanyahu’s request for pre-indictment hearing delay

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will not give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an additional delay on the pre-indictment hearing in the three corruption cases against him, despite Netanyahu’s insistence that the hearing will...