Attorney general: Netanyahu not required to resign
Attorney general: Netanyahu not required to resign Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not required to leave office following his indictment on corruption charges. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said in a statement Monday that Benjamin Netanyahu can remain interim prime minister, just days after serving him with charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. The attorney general did not weigh in on whether Netanyahu could keep his other ministerial positions while under indictment. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, has dismissed the charges as an “attempted coup” and refused to resign. He says he will fight the charges from the prime minister’s office. Over the weekend, Netanyahu’s main challenger within the Likud party Gideon Sa’ar told Channel 12, “There isn’t a single person who thinks that after a third or fourth or fifth or sixth election, Netanyahu will succeed in forming a government.” Sa’ar demanded a snap primary to elect...