Avichai Mandelblit
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Eagerly-awaited Netanyahu corruption trial to get under way
- Middle East
- May 22, 2020, 15:17
Exactly a week after being sworn in for his fifth term as Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu will on Sunday appear at the Jerusalem district c(...)

Israel’s parties agree March date for third election in a year
- Middle East
- December 10, 2019, 18:01
The Likud and Blue and White parties have agreed to hold Israel’s next general election on March 2nd should the Knesset parliament fail to agree by a (...)

Netanyahu decries ‘coup’ attempt as he is charged with corruption
- Middle East
- November 21, 2019, 17:08
Israel’s attorney general has charged prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu with fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases, making him (...)

Prolonging Netanyahu’s premiership may come at a cost for Israel
- Opinion
- April 6, 2019, 03:00
Like any successful politician, Binyamin Netanyahu recognises the value of being underestimated. For him, it’s been a recurring theme. In the 1980s, (...)

Netanyahu’s political life in peril amid three cases of corruption
- Middle East
- February 28, 2019, 21:20
Binyamin Netanyahu has dominated Israeli politics for the last two decades and only a few months ago looked a certain bet to win a fifth term as prime(...)

Israel’s PM Netanyahu faces corruption charges
- Middle East
- February 28, 2019, 16:40
Israel’s attorney general has called for prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to face charges in all three of the corruption investigations against him, (...)

Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu faces hazardous political hurdle
- Middle East
- January 14, 2019, 01:00
According to the polls, Binyamin Netanyahu is almost certain to be elected to a fifth term as Israel’s prime minister when the country goes to the pol(...)

Netanyahu indictment depends on attorney general’s decision
- Middle East
- February 14, 2018, 17:31
On Tuesday, the Israeli police concluded that there was an evidentiary foundation to charge prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and (...)

Israel’s attorney general: the man who will decide Netanyahu’s fate
- Middle East
- February 14, 2018, 10:24
Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, was prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s favoured candidate for the country’s top legal job. Now, Netany(...)

EU cancels meeting with Israel after settlements vote
- Middle East
- February 7, 2017, 10:53
The European Union has cancelled a top-level summit with Israel in response to a new law retroactively legalising some 4,000 settler homes built on pr(...)