Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced this morning in a submit on Fb that he was withdrawing his request to the Knesset to grant him immunity from prosecution. In his submit, Netanyahu alleges that whereas he’s in Washington on a historic mission to delineate the borders of the State of Israel and guarantee its safety, his rivals are participating in “low-cost politics.” “I can’t let my opponents disrupt the historic transfer that I’m main,” he wrote. Netanyahu faces indictment on costs of bribery, fraud, and breach of belief.
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Netanyahu’s announcement got here simply minutes earlier than the Knesset plenum was resulting from convene to arrange the Knesset Committee and debate two requests for immunity, one from Netanyahu and the opposite from Likud MK Haim Katz, who additionally faces indictment on corruption costs. Shortly after the submit on Fb, the prime minister’s bureau confirmed that Netanyahu requested in writing to withdraw his request. The request was not anticipated to be granted.
After the Knesset Committee approves deletion of the request, the file will go to the Jerusalem District Court docket. Netanyahu’s prison trial will in all probability not start earlier than the election on March 2.
Netanyahu will be unable to submit a repeat request for immunity within the 23rd Knesset after his trial opens.
Netanyahu is scheduled to take part within the unveiling of the US administration’s new plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington this night.
Blue & White chief Benny Gantz mentioned in response to the withdrawal of Netanyahu’s immunity request: “Netanyahu goes to trial. We have now to maneuver on. The residents of Israel face a transparent alternative: a primary minister who will work for them or a primary minister who shall be involved with himself. No-one can run a rustic and on the identical time take care of three critical prison instances of bribery, fraud, and breach of belief.”
Even after the choice to indict him, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies the fees towards him, has not been convicted of any crime, and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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