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Israeli prosecutors spell out allegations against Netanyahu

(AP) — Israeli prosecu- ally involved in 150 of those
tors on Sunday released incidents.
an amended indictment
spelling out detailed It said the requests included
charges against Prime giving more time or promi-
Minister Benjamin Ne- nence to positive articles
tanyahu in a corruption about Netanyahu and his
case in which he is accused family, changing headlines
of trading favors with a and lowering or even remov-
powerful media mogul. ing unfavorable stories. It
also included alleged requests
Netanyahu has been charged for negative coverage of Ne-
with fraud, breach of trust tanyahu’s rivals.
and accepting bribes in three
corruption cases. One of The document listed all 315
them alleges that Netanyahu suspected incidents, which
promoted regulations worth allegedly included numerous
hundreds of millions of dol- requests to publish flattering
lars to the owner of the Be- articles and photos of Netan-
zeq telecom company in ex- yahu's wife Sara, to conceal
change for positive coverage reports of embarrassing ex-
on its popular Walla news penditures and personal in-
site. formation about the Netan-
yahu family and attempts to
In response to a request from embarrass his rivals. It quot- associate persuaded Elovitch swearing-in of the new par- election campaign.
Netanyahu’s lawyers for ed Bezeq's controlling share- to publish stories saying that liament and replace it with
more details, Israeli prosecu- holder at the time, Shaul Elo- the wife of Naftali Bennett, favorable reviews. The site Netanyahu’s trial began last
tors released a letter Sunday vitch, as expressing concerns head of a rival religious par- consented to both requests, year and is scheduled to re-
alleging there had been 315 that Netanyahu would not ty, worked in a non-kosher it said. sume next month. He denies
incidents of Walla being re- approve lucrative business restaurant. Several weeks On another occasion, Elo- all charges against him, say-
quested to make its coverage deals for the company if neg- later, Netanyahu, through vitch, at Netanyahu's request, ing he is the victim of a witch
more favorable for Netan- ative articles were published. the same associate, allegedly allegedly ordered Walla to hunt orchestrated by a hostile
yahu and his family. They pressed Walla to remove criti- halt a live broadcast of a rally media, police and prosecu-
said there were indications On Jan. 17-19, 2013, for in- cal articles about a lacy dress by Netanyahu's opponents tors.
that Netanyahu was person- stance, it said a Netanyahu his wife had worn to the during the country's 2015

IS gunmen kill 11 minority Shiite coal miners in SW Pakistan

(AP) — Gunmen opened fire on the Levies Force, which serves as po- took place near the Machh coal field, tors would be taken to task and the
a group of minority Shiite Haz- lice and paramilitary in the area, said about 48 kilometers (30 miles) east of affected families would be cared for.
ara coal miners after abducting the attackers identified the miners as the provincial capital Quetta.
them, killing 11 in southwestern being from the Shiite Hazara com- Shiite cleric Nasir Abbas said protests
Baluchistan province early Sun- munity and took them to up into News of the killings quickly spread over the incident would be organized
day, a Pakistani official said. nearby mountains for execution, among the Hazara community and nationwide. Political and religious
leaving others unharmed. He said six members took to the streets in Quet- leaders from different segments of
The Islamic State group later claimed of the miners died at the scene, and ta and surrounding areas to protest, the population also expressed their
responsibility for the attack in a state- five who were critically wounded blocking highways with burning tires grief and sorrow over the killings.
ment on its website. The Sunni mili- died on the way to a hospital. and tree trunks. Officials closed the
tant group has repeatedly targeted affected roads to traffic. Pakistan’s Hazara community has
Pakistan’s minority Shiites in recent Police video of the bodies revealed been targeted many times in recent
years. the miners were blindfolded and The violence was largely condemned years by Sunni militant groups, in-
had their hands tied behind their across the country, with Prime Min- cluding the Islamic State group. IS
Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with backs before being shot. The attack ister Imran Khan saying the perpetra- has also declared war on minority
Shiites in neighboring Afghanistan,
and has claimed a number of vicious
attacks since emerging there in 2014.

A suicide bombing at an open-air
market in Quetta in April 2019 killed
twenty people. At the time, IS said it
had targeted Shiites and elements of
the Pakistani army.
Last January, IS claimed responsibility
for a powerful explosion that ripped
through a mosque in Quetta during
evening prayers. The blast killed a se-
nior police officer and 13 others, and
wounded another 20 worshipers.

Baluchistan is the scene of a low
level insurgency by Baluch separat-
ist groups who also have targeted
non-Baluch laborers, but they have
no history of attacks on the minority
Shiite community.