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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 08:32 AM Jan 2022

Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption trial

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Source: AP

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal in his corruption case ... The deal, which could be signed as early as this week, could usher Netanyahu off the Israeli political stage for years ... Any deal could spare Netanyahu an embarrassing and protracted trial over an issue that has gripped the nation and risks tarnishing his legacy.

Reports of a deal angered critics who said a it would undermine the rule of law. “The man who worked to destroy the public’s trust in the foundations of democracy for personal reasons is not eligible for deals,” Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz tweeted. He was referring to
Netanyahu’s attempts after he was indicted to cast doubt on Israel’s justice system,
saying it was biased and pursuing a witch hunt
against him.

Netanyahu is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. The former premier, now opposition leader, denies wrongdoing. The person involved in the negotiations said the plea deal would drop the bribery and fraud charges and scrap one case entirely.

Netanyahu is charged in three separate cases.
The first alleges that Netanyahu received gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from wealthy associates.
In the second case, Netanyahu is accused of orchestrating positive coverage in a major Israeli paper in exchange for promoting legislation that would have harmed the news outlet’s chief rival, a free pro-Netanyahu daily.
The third, nicknamed Case 4000, alleges that Netanyahu promoted legislation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the owner of Israeli telecom giant Bezeq in exchange for positive coverage on its Walla news site.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-tel-aviv-6a5a53b6ae927557ccf28d72648c8238



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Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption trial (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 OP
Plea deals are designed to catch bigger fish Nictuku Jan 2022 #1
Sometimes it's to avoid going to trial left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #2
So they are hoping to scuttle him politically? pandr32 Jan 2022 #3
Notice how TFG pulls the person's hand to him left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #4
*LOCKING* Spazito Jan 2022 #5

Nictuku

(3,570 posts)
1. Plea deals are designed to catch bigger fish
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 11:38 AM
Jan 2022

Who is the bigger fish than the (former) Prime Minister?

How can they be offering him a plea deal? Maybe he is asking for one, (negotiating), I hope he doesn't get one.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. Sometimes it's to avoid going to trial
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 12:17 PM
Jan 2022

Confess and get a lighter sentence.

pandr32

(11,446 posts)
3. So they are hoping to scuttle him politically?
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 12:27 PM
Jan 2022

I guess that is the ultimate goal--to free Israel from his corrupt fingers, but if he isn't in prison he could still influence from the sidelines. I hope the plea deal fails--many others hope so, too. Netanyahu is a tricky one.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
4. Notice how TFG pulls the person's hand to him
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 12:27 PM
Jan 2022

I read somewhere that is is a 'power play'.
When shaking hands he pulls the other person's hand close to him,
as in "I'm in charge here".

Why does Trump forcefully pull on the hand he's shaking?

“It's an attempt to look tough and manly.
It's why he scowls and juts his chin out.”

“Pulling someone by the hand towards you is saying unconsciously: You belong to me!”

“He is so insecure that he constantly needs to try and dominate people in petty ways in order to validate himself.”



Spazito

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5. *LOCKING*
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 07:52 PM
Jan 2022

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