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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit holds a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, announcing his decision that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different corruption cases, dubbed by police Case 1000, Case 2000 and Case 4000. November 21, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/FLASH90

Mandelbit says Netanyahu can remain interim premier while under indictment

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not need to resign or take a leave of absence as interim prime minister due to the indictments against him. “There is no...
Likud member and former mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat arrives at a Likud Party meeting on May 28, 2019, in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Barkat proposes primary for deputy Likud leadership, ‘inspired by US model’

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Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat suggested a plan on Sunday to hold elections for a Likud Party “deputy leader,” who would automatically assume the “most senior post in the government or...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 23, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Are Netanyahu’s indictments the same as the push to impeach Trump?

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After years of rumors, leaks, a bitter politicized debate and endless delays, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit finally announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to be indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and...
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrate outside his residence following the announcement by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on indictment charges. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90

The political fallout to the Netanyahu indictment highlights entrenched partisan divide

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The attorney general’s announcement on Thursday night, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being indicted for bribery and breach of trust led to strong reactions from all sides of the political spectrum. Netanyahu called...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting of the right-wing parties bloc at the Knesset on Nov. 20, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu says indictment an ‘attempted coup,’ vows to remain in office

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone on Thursday night, calling the corruption charges levied against him as an “attempted coup,” and that he vows to remain in office and fight the...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Mandelblit indicts Netanyahu on corruption charges

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Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced the decision on Thursday to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges including bribery, breach of trust and fraud. “In the prime minister’s affairs I found there...
Israelis demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the house of Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Petach Tikvah on Nov. 18, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Dershowitz: Criticism of police and prosecution ‘perfectly appropriate’

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is expected to decide in the coming days whether or not to formally indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on multiple charges of breach of trust, following lengthy investigations...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Tel Aviv shortly before his mandate to form a government expires, on Nov. 20, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

With Gantz having failed to secure a coalition, what’s next for Israel?

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Just hours before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form a government to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before him, Gantz was...
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

No breakthrough in last-minute meeting between Netanyahu and Gantz

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A last-minute effort on Tuesday night by Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a unity government agreement ended with no breakthrough. Following the meeting, which lasted...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shlomo Ne'eman and Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman David Elchiani visit Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion on Nov. 19, 2019. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Netanyahu: US settlement policy shift ‘fixes a historic wrong’

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During a visit to the town of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the U.S. administration’s policy reversal on Judea and Samaria as a “huge achievement” that “fixed...