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Netanyahu in a Jam

The police concluded their part in the one thousand and two thousand

cases, with a recommendation to indict the Prime Minister for bribery, but
the political battle has only just begun. Prime Minister Netanyahu was

absolutely confident today that the coalition headed by him will continue
to function, but one of his coalition partners, chairman of The Jewish

Home Naftali Bennett, who up until now backed Netanyahu and

announced that he isn’t corrupt, sounded a little different today, “Look, a
prime minister doesn’t have to be perfect, but he does have to be someone

who (people) say about him, this is how it should be done. Unfortunately,

receiving gifts of such magnitude over so much time, doesn’t meet this
expectation of Israel’s citizens.” Bennett made clear that this is a moral

stand, politically he intends on staying in Netanyahu’s government. He’ll

wait for the decision of the Attorney General Mandelblit, whether to indict
Netanyahu. Minister of Treasure Moshe Kahlon also made clear that at this

point he has no intentions of resigning. Today the opposition parties

decided to submit forty signatures in order to summon Prime Minister
Netanyahu for a discussion at the Knesset assembly regarding the

recommendations. According to the Knesset regulations, the Prime

Minister is also obligated to arrive and directly hear what his peers at the
parliament think about the summation of the one thousand and two

thousand cases.

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