Benjamin Netanyahu
“We have laid out very detailed evidence that contradicts the claims made in the document listing counts on which premier could be indicted,” according to attorneys for the prime minister.
The first two days of four days of hearings in the justice-ministry offices in Jerusalem will focus on Case 4000, viewed as the most serious, in which the attorney general announced his intention to indict the prime minister for bribery.
Likud ministers claim Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid is intent on preventing a power-sharing agreement between party leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz cancels last-minute meeting with Likud • Likud Party accuses Blue and White of having decided to “go to elections.”
“When we are finished presenting our side, there will be no option other than to close the case,” say lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The major party heads are between a rock and a hard place, with no one budging for now.
“After a three-year flood of tendentious, partial media leaks, the time has come for the public to hear everything, including my side,” says Israeli prime minister.
“We won’t be able to form a government unless we do it together,” said the Israeli prime minister, citing security, diplomatic and economic concerns. “The nation needs to be united and prepared.”
The Israeli prime minister, who leads the Likud Party, will have 28 days to form a new government.
“This is not the time to exclude people. A shared and equal government is possible. It can and it must express the different voices in society,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
“A broad unity government is the only feasible option,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to sit down for a “frank discussion.”
Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be pushing all the buttons necessary to pressure Benny Gantz into joining his government; their two parties alone would form a majority of 64 seats.
