Likud MK expresses 'sadness,' says AG couldn't 'withstand the pressure'

Likud MK Miki Zohar is one of the few Netanyahu supporters to comment in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of criminal indictments against the prime minister.

“The first emotion I feel: great sadness,” he says in a statement. “I’m sad for the prime minister, what a ‘great’ gift the state gave him for giving his best years for us all. Everything was known ahead of time. We knew the attorney general won’t be able to withstand the pressure brought to bear on him, we knew that [State Prosecutor] Shai Nitzan would fight tooth and nail, no matter the cost, to ensure serious indictments against the prime minister.”

“We will not be silent. We will not give in.”