Published: 21 February 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu challenger's failed company faces criminal probe (AP/SMH)
Israeli prosecutors say they are opening a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's challenger, shaking up what has already been a tumultuous election campaign. In a statement released on Thursday night, Israel's Justice Ministry said Israeli police will conduct the investigation into "Fifth Dimension." The statement did not say whether opposition leader Benny Gantz is a suspect.
Gantz's Kahol Lavan widening lead over Netanyahu's Likud, election poll shows (Haaretz)
Kahol Lavan projected to get 36 Knesset seats; centre-left alliance Labor-Gesher-Meretz is expected to receive eight seats
Opinion polls predict continued deadlock after upcoming elections (Times of Israel)
As one survey finds Blue and White widening lead over Likud, another shows gap narrowing; neither Netanyahu nor Gantz seen within reach of securing majority to form government
Gantz turns down Netanyahu debate challenge: ‘I don’t work for him’ (Times of Israel)
Blue and White chief dismisses PM’s call for a debate as ‘spin,’ links it to his legal woes; premier fires back that ‘Israel needs a strong leader and not a coward’
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Disillusioned and angry, these Israeli Jews plan to vote for Arab party (Haaretz)
The Joint List is also reaching out to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community with campaign ads in Yiddish
Photo: An election banner for Kahol Lavan showing leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 17 (AFP)
