Following Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision, a list headed by Benny Gantz will concentrate on a trial that will open • A senior official told Israel Today: "Netanyahu understood that we would not remove the immunity from the agenda and did not give up, so at the last minute he returned."

• Blue and white top // Photo: Gideon Markovich

Blue and White decided Tuesday to change the election campaign because of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity. White-blue officials told "Israel Today." "Now that Netanyahu has folded in the wake of our pressure, we will remind the public that he is going to be engaged in legal proceedings. We will once again mention his criminal cases." However, the hearings of immunity will continue as usual and will concentrate on Haim Katz's request for immunity.

A senior official told Israel Today: "Netanyahu understood that we would not lower the immunity from the agenda and did not give up, so at the last minute he returned. We will continue to discuss Minister Katz's affairs and from now on we will not stop reminding Netanyahu of the indictments. The Depth of the Problem - Netanyahu cannot function as prime minister with legal proceedings of such magnitude that he is running against him. "

Benny Gantz after meeting Trump in the White House // Photo: Reuters

Blue and White Chairman MK Benny Gantz, who preceded his return from the US (where he met with President Trump) due to the immunity debates, responded to the move: "Netanyahu goes to trial - must move forward. Israeli citizens have a clear choice: a prime minister who will work for them or a self-employed prime minister. No one can run a state and at the same time manage three serious criminal cases for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. "

"Historical and Important Decisions"

In the rest of the political system, too, Netanyahu reacted. MK Nitzan Horowitz, Labor-Gesher-Meretz: "Netanyahu failed in his attempt to evade justice. The prime minister is indeed making history today, and responsible for the century's shame - the first incumbent prime minister to be charged with criminal offenses of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Defendant Netanyahu must leave the political arena immediately, go to his criminal affairs and allow us to take care of Israel's immunity. "

Itzik Shmuli, Chairman of the Labor Party: "When Netanyahu decides to withdraw the Knesset's request for immunity from the Attorney General, the indictment is still required today. Israel does face important historical decisions, but as Netanyahu himself testified to his predecessor, A prime minister accused of criminals has no mandate to decide on his behalf and his people. Netanyahu needs to update his new-guest status in the White House to sit on the defendants' bench. "

Chairman of the Joint List, MK Ayman Odeh: "The voices of Arab citizens have prevented the right-wing immunity coalition. The road to paved trial and there is no diplomatic PR show in the world that will prevent him from giving justice to fraud and breach of trust.

"The joint list will continue to grow in this election as well and will cost anyone who harms the Arab public and attack the democratic sphere."

Participating in the preparation: Yuri Yalon, Dan Lavi, Daniel Siriotti