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Eugene

(62,623 posts)
Sat May 25, 2019, 06:18 PM May 2019

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity, limit Supreme Court

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 25, 2019 / 4:26 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity, limit Supreme Court

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the country’s Supreme Court.

The demonstration in Tel Aviv was attended by nearly all opposition parties, a rare show of unity for Israel’s splintered political system. Police did not say how many people attended. A Reuters photographer estimated about 20,000 were present, while organizers put the figure at 80,000.

In office for the past decade, Netanyahu won a fifth term in April despite an announcement by Israel’s attorney general in February that he intended to charge him with fraud and bribery. The prime minister is a suspect in three graft cases.

Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing, calling the allegations a political witch-hunt. The right-wing leader has said that with a renewed public mandate to govern he has no plans to resign, even if charged.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-protests/israelis-protest-moves-to-grant-netanyahu-immunity-limit-supreme-court-idUSKCN1SV0OX
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Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity, limit Supreme Court (Original Post) Eugene May 2019 OP
Traitor Trump/Netanyahu Me. May 2019 #1
I used to hear about the "Iron Curtain." yellerpup May 2019 #2
The new age of authoritarianism. Coming to a nation near you. defacto7 May 2019 #3
With this, there are no liberal democracies in the middle east. Dawson Leery May 2019 #4
This bears watching. Wellstone ruled May 2019 #5

yellerpup

(12,263 posts)
2. I used to hear about the "Iron Curtain."
Sat May 25, 2019, 06:34 PM
May 2019

With authoritarians all over the world taking over and making themselves immune, the phrase is back. The Iron Curtain is coming down on the US.

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