Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for multiple scandals, becomes first Israeli prime minister to be charged while in office
A woman walks past a banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the words"Crime Minister" outside the Justice Ministry during pre-trial hearings in corruption cases against him in occupied Jerusalem, October 3, 2019.
Avichai Mandelblit has "decided to file charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for offences of receiving a bribe, fraud, and breach of trust," a ministry statement said, throwing the country’s paralysed political system into further disarray and threatening the longtime leader’s grip on power.
Allegations against Netanyahu include suspicions he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of champagne and cigars from billionaire friends, offered to trade favours with a newspaper publisher and used his influence to help a wealthy telecom magnate in exchange for favourable coverage on a popular news site.
Netanyahu has called the allegations part of a witch hunt, lashing out against the media, police, prosecutors and the justice system.Netanyahu's main political rival said the indicted prime minister has "no public or moral mandate to make fateful decisions for the state of Israel."
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