Benyamin Netanyahu is trying to pass a bill through the Knesset granting him immunity for the corruption charges for which he has been indicted.
His incredible toxicity is why Israel will have to hold its 3rd election in a year, because he is, to quote Mel Brooks, “Incredibly Guilty.”
So Netanyahu is desperate to get a get out of jail free card:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that he would ask the Israeli parliament to grant him immunity in three criminal cases, tying up further the already lengthy legal proceedings against him in a political system that has been gripped by deadlock for the past year.
Netanyahu’s immunity request to the Knesset would shield him from prosecution at least while he remains in office. It also pitches the country’s political establishment against the legal system ahead of an unprecedented third general election in less than a year. That election is set for March 2.
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In November, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit concluded that there was enough evidence to prosecute Netanyahu in three cases involving allegations that he and his wife, Sara, accepted more than $260,000 worth of luxury goods in exchange for political favors and that he interceded with regulators and lawmakers on behalf of two media companies in exchange for positive news coverage.
Seriously, this man is a cancer on Israeli body politics.