Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly indicted Thursday on fraud charges related to his relationship with the owners of a top Israeli news site.
NBC News reports that Netanyahu was indicted by the country’s top prosecutor on a charge of bribery and two counts each of breach of trust and fraud. The news comes just weeks before Netanyahu is set to stand for reelection for a possible fourth term in office.
Police say, according to NBC, that Netanyahu used his relationship with the company Bezeq to promote hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of regulatory changes in the company’s favor in exchange for positive news coverage on Walla, a popular news site owned by the company.
Netanyahu has denied the charges and his party, the Likud Party, called the indictment “political persecution” on Thursday, according to the Times of Israel.
“Nobody is surprised by the attorney general’s announcement that came after three years of relentless pressure on him by the media, the left and judiciary bureaucrats to indict the prime minister at any cost — even when there isn’t anything, just to have it happen before the elections,” the party said in a statement.
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#BREAKING: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribery, fraud charges: reporthttps://t.co/0QDsA4P55K pic.twitter.com/u8fPShdOXb
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That’s too bad. Netanyahu has been a good friend.
Not that the current and previous president cared.
Well, perhaps there will be an acquittal.
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