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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 21, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Netanyahu says charges against him are ‘an attempted coup’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to the charges announced against him, saying they are “an attempted coup against a prime minister.”
“I dedicated my life for the state,” he says in a press statement from his Jerusalem residence. “I fought for it, was injured for it and am very proud for that. But this is a sad day. One needs to be blind to not see that something bad is happening in the legal system.”
He goes on to say the investigations were “infected” by ulterior motives and are “selective enforcement on steroids.” He criticizes the timing, saying the announcement comes at the “most sensitive time politically since the establishment of the state.”
