Opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer fit to be prime minister after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s announced bribery and breach of trust charges against the premier, pending a hearing.
“As of this sad moment, Netanyahu is fighting for his personal life, is unfit to fight for the lives of the citizens of the state, is unfit to be prime minister, and is unfit to even run in the elections,” Yachimovich says in a statement.
“I call on Netanyahu: if you are a patriot who loves the country, go and clear your name without dragging an entire country with you as a hostage,” she adds. “You are not Superman, there is no human being who can make crucial national decisions without them being affected by his personal battle being on his mind 24 hours a day.”
Shelly Yachimovich leads a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 31, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
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