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Netanyahu Supporters Protest Prime Minister's Corruption Charges
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1:34Now PlayingDozens of protesters gathered for rival demonstrations in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on Thursday evening.
The opposing demonstrations held on the side of the road came after Israel’s attorney general formally charged Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases.
While some protesters called for Netanyahu to resign others showed their support for the prime minister.
Capping a three-year investigation, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit charged Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three different scandals.
It is the first time a sitting Israeli prime minister has been charged with a crime.
An ashen-faced Netanyahu appeared on national TV, claiming he was the victim of a grand conspiracy by police and prosecutors, saying the country was witnessing an “attempted coup” against him.
According to the indictment, Netanyahu accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of champagne and cigars from billionaire friends, offered to trade favours with a newspaper publisher and used his influence to help a wealthy telecom magnate in exchange for favourable coverage on a popular news site.
The indictment does not require the 70-year-old Netanyahu to resign, but it significantly weakens him at a time when Israel’s political system appears to be limping toward a third election in under a year.
Netanyahu’s defiant response, along with calls from his rivals to resign, indicated a lengthy period of turmoil ahead.
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