Israeli PM slams state’s law enforcement, says there is a ‘witch-hunt’ against his rule
After Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for his corruption trial, the Israeli Prime Minister lambasted on Monday the state prosecution, Israel Police and the media, alleging an attempted political coup against him.
“The prosecution is on a witch-hunt. They were looking for me. Whitewashed investigations, conducted illegal searches and erased recordings. And the worst of all: It blackmailed witnesses with severe threats to the point of breaking up families,” Netanyahu said at a press conference. ”This is what an attempted coup looks like.”
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“When the police commissioner blamed me for sending private investigators against him, when a witch-hunt of this magnitude is conducted against me and my family, it is very difficult,” he maintained.
“This is not something that is supposed to take place in a democracy,” the Israeli premier continued. “I cannot hold myself back on this, therefore I am saying these things here and in great pain.”
Earlier on Monday, the evidentiary stage of Netanyahu’s graft trial began at the Jerusalem District Court, where the state’s lead prosecutor, Liat Ben-Ari, told the judges that the incumbent prime minister was involved in “a serious case of government corruption.”
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The premier is accused of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases.
Netanyahu denies all wrongdoing and claims that the media, police, and state prosecution are working together to oust him from power.
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