If the system is good for me, or at least better than the alternative, I’m willing to shut my eyes to any corruption’
The attorney general had already served notice that he plans to indict the Israeli prime minister on multiple counts of bribery and fraud. A popular former military chief with a reputation for integrity had convinced many in Israel that their leader had to go.
“People say: I don’t care if he is corrupt or not, I don’t care if he took a few cigars or presents, the main thing is that from my point of view, the economy is growing and there is security,” said Erez Cohen, a senior lecturer at Ariel University. Hanan Ashrawi, a veteran official from the Palestine Liberation Organization, said Israelis had chosen racism and permanent conflict. “They have chosen an overwhelmingly right-wing, xenophobic and anti-Palestinian parliament to represent them,” she said. “Israelis chose to entrench and expand apartheid.”
“We will not stand down from our civil duty to represent over a million citizens who searched for an alternative. We have an historic achievement under out belt. We have a reason to be proud,” Gantz wrote. He faced a tough challenge from Gantz, who offered the security credentials prized by Israelis and a clean-hands image, but lacked the political experience the prime minister accrued in a combined 13 years in office. In large part, the campaign was a referendum on Netanyahu’s character, as Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit has said he intends to charge the 69-year-old in three graft cases.
For his backers, Netanyahu has offered strong leadership in a combustible region. He enjoys warm relations with President Donald Trump, who’s delivered him jackpots like withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights captured from Syria in 1967.
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