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While the Israel Police and the Attorney General’s Office have pushed back against allegations of illegal evidence-gathering, senior Hebrew University lecturer Gadi Taub dismissed the responses as “spin.”
The former prime minister calls for Jerusalem to sound the alarm on the agreement emerging in Vienna.
In his first public statement regarding plea talks in his criminal trial, Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu tells his supporters he will continue to “fight for our path, truth and justice.”
With opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future in question, Likud MKs trade barbs; MK Ofir Akunis blasts “friendly fire” as “playing into the hands of the government.”
“As someone who thinks that [the former prime minister] is fighting for me ... it’s the least I could do,” says ‘Channel 14’ show host Yinon Magal.
Hundreds gathered outside the attorney general’s home over the weekend in protest, claiming the plea deal “undermines public faith in the legal system.”
“We want to see the blood of Sara and Yair Netanyahu on the streets of Caesarea ... we will soon reach you,” the letter states.
Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan’s remarks were “taken directly from Nazi terminology against the Jewish people,” says Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
The legislation allows more than 130,000 Arab Israelis living in illegally built homes to be hooked up to the national grid • Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu calls enactment of the law a “black day for Zionism and democracy.”
The former Israeli premier’s family call the decision by the Ministerial Committee on Israel Security Agency Affairs “political, scandalous and irresponsible.”
Smart decisions and a need for protection have made Israel the world’s cyber leader, with 40 percent of all cyber investments made in the country. A new book charts Israel’s rise in the field.
Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who introduced the bill, claims widespread support for it among the Likud • Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu vows to repeal “Iranian laws.”