Prosecution Lines Up Over 300 Witnesses in Zionist PM Case

Date: 03 December 2019 - 21:47

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s Attorney General officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Knesset, laying out a sweeping case in which an estimated 333 witnesses, including wealthy friends and former aides, could be called to testify.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit sent the indictment to the regime’s parliament, setting the clock ticking on a 30-day period during which the Zionist prime minister can seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution as a Knesset member.
Mandelblit stated that Netanyahu’s trial will be held at the al-Quds District Court and that a date — not yet made public — has been set for the proceedings.
The prime minister was charged with bribery, fraud and breach in three corruption cases, dubbed Cases 4000, 2000 and 1000.
In a decision that could delay the formal indictment of the premier by several months, the Knesset’s top legal advisor ruled that the currently dormant Knesset House Committee must decide whether to grant Netanyahu parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
The House Committee has been nonfunctional due to ongoing political disarray after inconclusive elections in April and September and the failure of Netanyahu and his main challenger, Benny Gantz, to secure a ruling majority in the legislature.
In a Twitter post, Netanyahu dismissed the large list of witnesses.
"When there is a real case, you don’t need 333 witnesses, and when there’s no real case, even 333 witnesses won’t help,” he wrote.
The ruling raised the likelihood Israel will be heading to elections for the third time in under a year.
A new election would not only buy Netanyahu additional time in office, it would also give him the opportunity to secure a more sympathetic parliament.
The occupying regime’s political system has been in disarray for the last year, in large part because of Netanyahu’s legal woes.
Two elections held this year ended in deadlock. Neither Netanyahu, nor Gantz, the leader of center-left Blue and White political alliance, had enough support in parliament to form a cabinet.