ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 65

Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, June 30, 2020

‘Netanyahu associates’ lash out at Mandelblit

30 June 2020, 2:21 pm 0 Edit

Responding to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s decision that a wealthy friend cannot fund his legal defense, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Mandelblit of hypocrisy.

“The attorney general’s conflict of interest screams out to the heaven,” reads a statement sent out to Hebrew media and attributed to Netanyahu’s associates.

“With one hand he serves a false indictment against the prime minister, and with his other he does everything to sabotage the prime minister’s ability to defend himself.”

The statement calls the graft charges against Netanyahu “politically motivated.”

“Ridiculous.”