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Netanyahu remains defiant over prospect of corruption charges

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Published: 21 December 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As PM talks tough at Likud event, lashing out at media, police and protesters, his coalition chairman resigns over issues related to the police probe

Netanyahu: If police recommend charges against me — so what? (Times of Israel)
At Likud event, PM likens corruption investigations to past probes into now-president Rivlin; president's office rejects comparison

Netanyahu’s coalition chairman Bitan tenders his resignation (Jerusalem Post)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a severe political blow on Wednesday when coalition chairman David Bitan, who had served as his main political arm for the past two years, told him that the criminal investigations surrounding his tenure as Rishon Lezion’s deputy mayor required him to quit his post

Israel is turning into a Mafia State (Times of Israel)
ELIAD SHRAGA I have a few questions for State Attorney Shai Nitzan. Why, Mr Nitzan, did it take you more than two years to close a 10-page case against Menny Naftali?
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