Netanyahu accuses Mandelblit of caving in to ‘immense pressure’ from left, media

31 January 2019, 8:56 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to reports that Mandelblit will before the elections announce corruption charges against him, including bribery, by saying he “caved to pressure from the left and the media to file an indictment at any cost.”

“In the most critical decision in the history of Israel’s legal system, they are squeezing an 18-month process into several days,” the prime minister’s office says.

“We hope the left’s immense pressure on the attorney general won’t subdue him again when he has to decide whether to regard two-and-a-half stories in Walla as bribery,” the statement says.