Benjamin Netanyahu
The Israeli prime minister said that he is “4,000 percent sure” that he is innocent, appearing to mock one of the probes against him, known as Case 4000.
He is considered to be one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most formative mentors, taking him to the Washington embassy in 1982 and appointing him deputy minister of the Foreign Ministry in 1988, the first high-level public service positions the young Netanyahu held.
Of the 22 parties currently running, 14 parties are currently all polling within one or two seats above or below the electoral threshold, many within a margin of error. Party leaders will be forced to make compromises and political alliances, or risk not making it through to the parliament.
In Brazil last week, journalists asked Netanyahu how he would proceed if Israel’s Attorney General announces a pre-indictment hearing. Instead of questions about governing the State of Israel and defending against serious regional threats, attention is now continually drawn towards Netanyahu’s legal battles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slams the left and the media for “putting brute, inhumane pressure” on the attorney general to indict him at all cost, says it constitutes an attempt to “grossly intervene” in election.
In a phone call between the two leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s interest in preventing Iran from establishing a presence in Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, met with Christian friends of Israel and the Jewish community in the South American country.
He has never held public office; his political, economic and social views are virtually unknown. Yet his newly established party is already outpolling current opposition parties.
As part of the first-ever visit by a sitting Israeli prime minister to Brazil, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to forge stronger ties between his country and the South American nation.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is currently reviewing police recommendations to file corruption charges against the prime minister in three investigations.
The principle questions: Why elections now, what will they focus on, and which individuals are throwing their names into the fray?
On the date of the upcoming elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have served 4,775 days in office over his multiple terms, just behind founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s 4,877 days at the helm. “Case 4775” will be a public referendum on Netanyahu’s performance in one of the world’s most difficult jobs.
