Whoa. Netanyahu recommended to be indicted on bribery charges! AP

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

[manor321]

1. Fuck yes!

[malaise]

2. It would be lovely if all the criminal leaders end up in prison

around the same time

[thbobby]

18. Turds are falling like dominoes! Merry Christmas America!

trump is going down soon also!

[SnowCritter]

21. Joy to the world

[nycbos]

3. The far right in Israel is similar to the far right here.

They hate the notion of an independent judicial system.

But there are those in Israel fighting the good fight for the rule of law. Just like here.

[hlthe2b]

4. This has been under investigation a very long time. Glad to see he might be held accountable.

[Roland99]

6. I know Manafort was lobbying with Israeli officials at some point on other matters

Wonder if his criminal path ever crossed with Netanyahu?

[dalton99a]

7. Probably through Avigdor Lieberman

[nycbos]

8. Indeed.

According to my Israeli friend the difference this time is cooperating witnesses.

[Me.]

5. It's Taken Them Long Enough

[triron]

9. I seem to recall seeing something about indictment of Netanyahu some time ago.

[LeftInTX]

10. They've recommended indictment before, but it never happens.

[Power 2 the People]

24. +1000

Right wingers never pay for their crimes.

[RockRaven]

11. I too recall (perhaps correctly, perhaps not) that he's been recommended for indictment before

but as their system is different from ours I don't remember the specific mechanism by which nothing came of it yet.

[former9thward]

28. Police recommendations have no standing in Israel.

It is up to the Israeli Attorney General. Last February there was a recommendation which has not been acted on. The police chief making the recommendation left office on November 30th and made the recommendation on his final day. He is a political opponent to Netanyahu.

[FakeNoose]

12. Is he in cahoots with Russians or this something else?

I thought it seemed fishy that Netanyahu was so pro-Trump even before the orange asshole won the election.
Who's pulling his strings, I wonder?

[Dopers_Greed]

13. But the bribery allegations are probably just a "rigged witch hunt"

[dlk]

14. Rooting Out Corruption With Government Officials is Very Difficult & Takes Years

No country is immune.

[Bonhomme Richard]

15. War with Iran just went up a notch.

You have two leaders that are in serious trouble and one common foe to use to distract their countries justice system.

[moondust]

16. Third time in the last year.

https://www.axios.com/benjamin-netanyahu-indictment-recommended-israel-bribery-836690de-1165-4764-be0c-f7a43d4eeacc.html

Calls for his resignation and new elections after hawkish Defense Minister resigned a couple weeks ago:

Israel's Defense Chief Resigns, Slams Netanyahu for 'Surrendering to Hamas Terror'

[dae]

17. I'm sure he's worthy of their attention.

[elmac]

19. who will see prison first, Nuttyahu or his buddy tRump? nt

[safeinOhio]

20. He seems to be their trump and the

Settlers their Teabaggers. Get both under control and Israel can be great again.

[Yellowdog88]

22. Boom!

Tough luck, Benji!

Cartoon bomb at "Final Stage."

Poor bastard.

[rurallib]

23. happy Hanukkah, Bibi eom

[Honeycombe8]

25. No wonder he & Trump are bffs. nt

[duforsure]

26. Just another corrupt friend close to trump

Caught up in a criminal act , and by his government. Trump should be scared too he'll be next.

[former9thward]

27. The police chief is a political opponent of Netanyahu.

He made the recommendation as a parting shot on his last day in office. Police recommendations to indict have no standing in Israel. It is up to the Israeli Attorney General. The Police chief made a similar recommendation last February that has not been acted on.

[pecosbob]

29. Sounds like time for a war with Iran...

[yortsed snacilbuper]

30. Do they have "pardons" in isreal?

[calimary]

31. Fine with me.

I can never forgive him for weaseling around behind President Obama’s back, and the State Department’s back to engineer Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
1) Without bothering to inform the White House or arrange it with the White House, and
2) Without bothering to inform the State Department about it.

It was a total snub of the President in favor of Netanyahu and his right-wing pals in Congress. To their credit, many Democrats refused to attend. Not all of them, though.

It was a fucking STUNT. I’ve resented Netanyahu and his devious back-room rat, Ron Dermer, The Israeli Ambassador to the United States, who was the advance man in this scam. I’ve never forgotten that. So THIS is how you treat the leader of the nation known worldwide as Israel’s best friend? I can’t ever forget how they disrespected President Obama in such a shameful public slap in the face. An EPIC disgrace.