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Netanyahu corruption trial to resume after election

 

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem where he meets the 4,000,000 person who had been vaccinated in Israel, February 16, 2021. Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via REUTERS/

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will resume only after voters head to the polls to pass judgment on his leadership next month, according to a court decision on Monday.

 

Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 in long-running cases involving gifts from millionaire friends and for allegedly seeking regulatory favours for media tycoons in return for favourable coverage.

 

The charges against him have been a central issue during three elections in which no clear winner emerged. Israel will hold its fourth parliamentary election in two years on March 23.

 

This month he pleaded not guilty before a three-judge panel in a heavily guarded Jerusalem District Court.

 

The court ruled late on Monday that evidence in the trial would be heard starting on April 5.

 

Opinion polls show the race too close to call, as right-wing rivals and centre-left opponents seek to challenge Israel’s longest-serving leader. Netanyahu has been prime minister continuously since 2009 after a first term from 1996 to 1999.

 

(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Howard Goller)

 

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[pegman]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if he and his buddy Trump got fitted for matching jumpsuits 

[PatOngo]

15 minutes ago, pegman said:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if he and his buddy Trump got fitted for matching jumpsuits 

It's hard to decide which one is the most disgraceful!

 

 

Edited February 22, 2021 by PatOngo

[Morch]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

It's hard to decide which one is the most disgraceful!

 

 

 

Trump's effect is global, and runs way deeper into political discourse, social issues. But yeah, both could do with time behind bars, IMO. Somewhat likelier in Netanyahu's case, but slim chances anyway.

[Morch]

Same for several elections now - legal procedures getting delayed, mostly due to the efforts of Netanyahu's legal team, or his (formerly?) pet AG. Forming a coalition under these circumstances is tricky, so parties in a position to tip the scales are in for a treat. Each such coalition needs to contend with possible future legal ramifications, making the whole thing even more convulsed than usual. 

 

So far, polls seem to indicate the "anti-Bibi" side got a slight majority, but that's an illusion. Given this "side" is made out of very different parties, gaps between them could be impossible to overcome. All Netanyahu really needs is for one or two parties (even individual politicians) to cross over to the dark side.

[spidermike007]

I think the question to be asking is, what are the chances he is not corrupt? Very slim, I would presume. 

 

Lock him up! 

[Pique Dard]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

he corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will resume

...only if  he loses the election. and biden would delighted because the israeili was trump's body ????

[Morch]

8 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

...only if  he loses the election. and biden would delighted because the israeili was trump's body ????

 

Anyone know a qualified exorcist? Asking for a friend.