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Related: About this forumNetanyahu indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, breach of trust
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust on Thursday, making him the first Israeli premier to be indicted while in office and sending Israels already stalemated political system into further disarray.
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit capped almost three years of investigation and months of speculation by handing down a 63-page indictment against the countrys longest-serving prime minister and its center of political gravity for the last decade.
The cases against Netanyahu center on allegations that the prime minister and his wife, Sara, accepted more than $260,000 worth of luxury goods in exchange for political favors and that Netanyahu interceded with regulators and lawmakers on behalf of two media companies in exchange for positive news stories.
At: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-on-charges-of-bribery-fraud-breach-of-trust/2019/11/21/ef396fee-0bc2-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html
Two of a kind: Netanyahu and Trump celebrate the latter's pro-Golan Heights occupation statement this March.
Netanyahu's indictment today, and his possible succession by centrist opponent Benny Gantz, undermines Trump's lock-step support for right-wing Israeli policy.
Sneederbunk
(15,111 posts)sandensea
(22,850 posts)Which, of course, makes him all that much more dangerous to the global community.
Here's hoping Gantz can form a government after all, and soon. We'll see.
Israeli
(4,300 posts)to form a coalition at midnight last Wednesday .
Its a free for all now until December 11th I think .
Will try to find something in English that explains the situation when I have time .
As for Bibi , IMHO he should resign but he is not going to give up .
Israeli
(4,300 posts)Knesset blackjack: The 21-day grace period has never been experienced before in the countrys history, meaning there are a lot of questions, and a lot of explainers about how it will work.
On Wednesday, the Knesset legal adviser sent out a briefing sheet to explain to the media and everyone else the rules of the game to try and clear up some confusion.
In short, any MK who wins majority support during the 21-day period, which begins Thursday and ends at midnight on December 11, would then be appointed prime minister-designate by the president, the law states. That MK then has a further 14-day window to form a government and get it approved by the Knesset, ToIs Jacob Magid writes.
One surprise in the directives is the fact that MKs can recommend more than one candidate, meaning more than one MK can get the votes necessary. Only the first to submit, though, will get the golden baton.
Channel 13 calls the process the last way to avoid elections.