The right protests the timing of the indictment against Netanyahu: "Not proper"

The prime minister's office attacked the prosecution for scheduling the indictment, while Netanyahu was on a political visit to Washington. Minister Bennett protested: "What is it for them to humiliate Prime Minister when he is abroad and represents us all?" Blue and white welcomed the rapid timing: "Sticking to a chair these days stains the Prime Minister's institution"

The right protests the timing of the indictment against Netanyahu: "Not proper"

After the indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, the protesters on Tuesday rightly protested the timing of the submission. On the right, they went to Netanyahu's defense, claiming that fast-paced timing is "proof of obsessive persecution." In contrast, Blue and White welcomed the timing of the indictment after Netanyahu withdrew the request for immunity.

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett wondered about the timing and said: "I cannot understand why the State Attorney's Office immediately filed an indictment against Prime Minister Netanyahu, which is just ahead of a historic event in Washington. What should they humiliate Prime Minister Netanyahu precisely when he, abroad, represents All of us, all citizens of Israel? You could wait two days for his return to Israel. "

Bennett called the move "an improper step," adding that "While Prime Minister Netanyahu and I disagree with certain things and even preside over two competing parties, he is the prime minister of all of us and his honor is the honor of the entire State of Israel."

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The Prime Minister's associates claimed that "if anyone still had an obsessive persecution against Prime Minister Netanyahu, he was now given another clear and sharp proof of this. One to the end of the historic summit in Washington, one of the most important in the history of the country. "

"How unsurprising that those who have struggled so hard to get the terrorist support Hiba will rebuke the Knesset and give a shocking opinion in her favor, ran the Amok run to file unfounded indictments against the Israeli prime minister on this historic day," they added.

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On the other hand, MK Moshe Ya'alon (blue-and-white) said: "While this is a minority and transitional prime minister, his clinging to a chair on such days seals the entire prime minister's institution and paralyzes the state. Blessed is the state that is a state of law, in which every citizen is equal before the law and does not shy away from practicing law with any person. "

Joint Listing Chairman Ayman Odeh stressed that "the path to paved trial and there is no diplomatic PR show in the world that will prevent it from giving up on bribery fraud and breach of trust."

MK Tamar Zandberg (Labor-Bridge-Meretz) called on Netanyahu to resign following the indictment against him. She said, "A prime minister under three indictments cannot conduct his trial and the State of Israel at the same time."

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The indictment was filed earlier today in Jerusalem District Court, after Netanyahu decided to withdraw the request for immunity. The PM explained his decision on the Trump administration's peace plan, saying the procedure was unfair. "I will not let my opponents interfere with the historic move I am leading," Netanyahu said. "At this fateful hour for the people of Israel, while I am in the United States on a historic mission to shape Israel's permanent borders and ensure our security for future generations, another show is expected to open in the Knesset Removal Circuit. Understanding the magnitude of the hour and transcending political considerations, they continue to engage in cheap politics that damages a crucial moment in the history of the state. "

"Because I was not given due process, because all the rules of the Knesset were trampled on a rough foot, and because the results of the procedure were pre-dictated without proper discussion, I decided not to let this dirty game continue," he continued. "Later, we will shatter all the disproportionate allegations of idle veterans filed in my case. But now, I will not allow my political opponents to use this matter to interfere with the historic move I am leading."

(Update first: 16:22)