Levin lambastes Netanyahu trial as ‘shameful’ saga that won’t stop even for national security’s sake

In the latest of a series of interventions by senior political officials against the pending start of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s testimony in his criminal trial tomorrow, Justice Minister Yariv Levin denounces the legal proceedings against the premier as illegal and harmful to Israeli security.

“The legal proceedings against Prime Minister Netanyahu, even from the investigation stages, have been one long saga of shameful and illegal conduct, and of abuse of legal proceedings,” charges Levin.

“Today it becomes clear that nothing will stop this, not even the need to ensure the security of the state,” he continues.

Levin’s comment references the Jerusalem District Court’s decision not to entertain any further delays to Netanyahu’s testimony after members of the security council wrote to the attorney general and the court’s administrator to tell them that it would be harmful to state security for the prime minister to spend days on end in court, as his testimony necessitates.

“Despite this decision, millions of Israeli citizens support and will continue to support Prime Minister Netanyahu, so that he can continue to lead us in these difficult and turbulent days,” adds Levin.