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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Shas vows to only back Netanyahu as next leader despite charges
The Shas ultra-Orthodox coalition party responds to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s announcement of corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by confirming it will nonetheless back him — and nobody else — to be the next premier.
“As we said the whole time, Shas will only support Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister and will recommend him to form the next government,” it says.
“Netanyahu is the most fitting person to lead the country at this time and we will back him as prime minister as long as the law allows him.”