Israel: media, Netanyahu tries to negotiate in the process

(ANSA) - TEL AVIV, 13 JAN - Former Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahusta attempting to negotiate in the ongoing trial against him in Jerusalem for corruption, fraud and abuse of power.

For this reason - according to what the Maariv newspaper reports - he had confidential meetings with the Attorney General AvichaiMandelblit and with other senior officials of the prosecutor's office.

According to the newspaper, the parties have kept the meetings "secret" with the aim of reaching an agreement before it is burned by rumors.

    Above all - he wrote in the newspaper Ben Caspit - Netanyahuche has always claimed, especially with his supporters, that "there will be nothing because there is nothing" and that he wants to fight to prove his innocence in court.

At the moment, however, the parties seem to be distant: in particular due to the insistence of the former prime minister not to have moral condemnations in his attitude that would prevent him from continuing his political life.

(HANDLE).