River 127,416 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-charged-bribery-fraud-corruption-israel-election-1.8137771 Netanyahu Charged With Bribery, Fraud and Breach of Trust, Capping a Dramatic Political Year For the first time in Israel's history, a sitting prime minister is accused of bribery: Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced Thursday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be charged with bribery, fraud and breach in three corruption cases, dubbed Cases 4000, 2000 and 1000. Case 4000 Case 4000 is considered the most serious, and revolves around an alleged bribery deal between Netanyahu and businessman Shaul Elovich, who controlled the Bezeq telecommunications company and the Walla News site. According to the indictment, Netanyahu and Elovich engaged in a quid-pro-pro deal in which Netanyahu – as communication minister – led regulatory steps directly tied to Elovich's businesses and interests that yielded the tycoon some $500 million. In return, according to the indictment, Netanyahu and his wife Sara made consistent requests to alter the coverage on the Walla News website in order to serve the Netanyahus' interests and target their opponents. Elovich allegedly pressed the editors of the website to comply with the Netanyahus' demands. Substantial circumstantial evidence convinced Mendelblit that both Elovich and Netanyahu were aware of the quid-pro-quo, though there is no evidence of an explicit coordination of the deal. Netanyahu's attorneys argued that favorable coverage does not constitute a bribe and that in any case the prime minister didn't try to skew the coverage in his favor but rather pushed for balanced coverage out of ideology. In addition, they claimed all decisions made by Netanyahu in his role as communication minister were approved by the ministry's professional staff. Case 2000 At the center of Case 2000 is a series of meetings between Netanyahu and the publisher of Yedioth Ahronoth daily newspaper, Arnon Mozes, in which they allegedly discussed a bribery deal. According to the indictment, the deal called for Netanyahu to try to limit the circulation of rival newspaper Israel Hayom, and in return Mozes would give Netanyahu favorable coverage. In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust. At the hearing, Netanyahu's lawyers argued that Netanyahu's actions were meant to fool Mozes, and that he cannot be accused of an offense since there are no indications he planned to bring the deal to fruition. In addition, the defense team argued that contact between media figures and politicians is commonplace and should not be criminalized. Case 1000 In Case 1000, Netanyahu is also accused of fraud and breach of trust over gifts he allegedly received from Hollywood Mogul Arnon Milchan and billionaire James Packer. According to the indictment, Netanyahu received cigars and champagne from the two over the course of several years. Netanyahu's family members, the indictment states, also demanded and received gifts from the businessmen, and Netanyahu was aware of this fact. Mendelblit writes in the indictment that Netanyahu put himself in a conflict of interests and used his public role to receive gifts. Netanyahu's defense in this case has been that "it is allowed to receive gifts from friends." According to his lawyers, Milchan gave him the gifts because the two are friends, and Netanyahu was not aware of the requests made by his family members. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,416 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,550 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Netanya-who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,416 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, tomsches said: Netanya-who? If you're joking - a good one lol If not - he's the PM of Israhell, my shitty country So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,550 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Just now, River said: If you're joking - a good one lol If not - he's the PM of Israhell, my shitty country it was a joke lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Is there an owl in this thread? OT: imagine having a justice department that can bring charges against the top elected official.. #TrumpCorrupt This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampool 5,560 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Shocker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 A dream come true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,416 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Didymus said: A dream come true. But now since there's no government, the trial might be postponed for 6 months or more so unless he's quitting, he's gonna be the prime minister for that period.. which is dangerous, he can just start a war with Iran or something.. It's a bittersweet happiness lol So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 We love justice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Hamon 6,989 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I really wish a better leader to the folks in Israel. This dude seem to always be in the middle of some shady stuffs on top of his "f*ck the 2 states solution" plan lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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