Netanyahu indicted

[AzogtheDefiler]

Dumb dumb Jimbo at it again.

New day same shit.

You got a problem with the facts? Oh yeah...you are a trumpette and only listen to "alternative facts."

You an antisemite like Tlaib

 

[rylah]

1 billion shekels, cigars , favoring articles in a website and meddling a telephone company,
in 12 years of rule

walla...normal PM's salary, even somehow unimpressive...
Let's see if there's actual indictment.

 

[caddo kid]

this is GREAT news. Maybe one day Bibi & Trump can share a prison cell.

Did you tattle on him? Indictment doesn’t equal guilt.

LOFL, and you accuse me of stalking & trolling.

 

[Sixties Fan]

Netanyahu and the Left’s Israeli Deep State

 

[Sixties Fan]

Netanyahu’s alleged crimes relate to decisions he made during his tenure as Minister of Communications. Netanyahu held that portfolio in addition to serving as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister from 2015 through 2017. His allegedly corrupt actions involve the Communications Ministry’s decision to approve the merger of Bezeq – Israel’s telecommunications giant and former monopoly — with YES, Israel’s satellite television provider.

Netanyahu is accused of approving the merger that allegedly gave a billion shekels – or some $300 million – in regulatory and tax breaks to Yes, enriching Bezeq owner Shaul Elovich. Elovich and his wife Iris are friends with Netanyahu and his wife Sara.

Elovich allegedly repaid – that is, bribed – Netanyahu for his allegedly preferential treatment by providing the prime minister and his wife Sara with positive coverage on Israel’s Walla Internet news portal, which is owned by Bezeq.

Neither the “quid” – that is, preferential regulatory and tax treatment – nor the “quo” – positive coverage on a website – stand up to scrutiny.

On the regulatory side, there are several problems with the claims against Netanyahu. First, as the Hebrew-language investigative journalism magazine Mida reported, he wasn’t involved with the Bezeq-Yes merger. It was handled by his then-director general Shlomo Filber. Filber, who signed a deal to serve as a state’s witness against Netanyahu in March, claims now that he was acting as Netanyahu’s errand boy in approving the merger.

Even if Filber’s claim is true, the fact is that there is nothing wrong with the merger from a legal or financial perspective. The deal was approved by all the relevant legal and regulatory authorities at the time. And one of the odd aspects of the criminal probe against Netanyahu is that the regulators who approved the deal were never called in for questioning by police investigators.

The second aspect of the “quid” part of the allegations against the Netanyahus is that that the tax and regulatory breaks that Yes received were standard breaks. As financial reporter Eli Zippori, from Israel’s Globes Hebrew-language business newspaper, noted, Yes received tax rebates because it was losing millions of shekels. Similar tax breaks were granted to Yes’s chief competitor, HOT cable television provider. And no one ever batted a lash.

The regulators’ decision to permit Bezeq and YES to merge was controversial. But it was also reasonable. It improved the lot of consumers. Zippori explained that the merger enabled the two firms to provide the public with discounted service bundles that included landlines, Internet service, and television service.

(full article online)

Caroline Glick: Israel's Deep State Takes Aim at Netanyahu | Breitbart

 

[Sixties Fan]

Also in this instance the people screaming "PROTECT DEMOCRACY" are the ones
arguing that the judges should rule according to what the judges believe
serves the public interest rather than according to the written laws enacted
by the democratically elected Knesset.

A word about the charges raised against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
I recommend reading Professor Ran Baratz's article in the 1 March edition of
Makor Rishon.

Baratz cites the "tunnel vision" employed in the prosecution of Netanyahu on
the basis of action he was associated with that favored someone when
Netanyahu was also associated with decisions that caused great financial
harm to the same person. This "tunnel vision" considerd favorable media
coverage by an internet news service as evidence of a pay-off when that
same news service, on average, was unfavorable to Netanyahu.

"Tunnel vision" has Netanyahu lobbying with American officials for a visa
for a friend in exchange for cigars while ignoring that the reason his
friend had a visa issue in the first place was that he was being punished
for helping Israel.

"Tunnel vision" prosecutes Netanyahu for talking with the owner of a major
newspaper openly devoted to destroying Netanyahu's political career when the
operative conclusion of these conversations was that the paper continued its
crusade against the prime minister and Netanyahu went to elections to stop
legislation that served the paper's interests.

(full article online)

IMRA - Saturday, March 2, 2019 Weekly Commentary: Who sets policy in a democracy?

 

[Sixties Fan]

[ Another opinion. All still remains to be seen ]

The Netanyahu Witch Hunt | Abu Yehuda

 

[Sixties Fan]

To topple a country over cigars, champagne and media coverage


ANALYSIS: Law experts make mincemeat of Netanyahu indictments

 

[ForeverYoung436]

this is GREAT news. Maybe one day Bibi & Trump can share a prison cell.

dont stop at trump though.Lets be objective and real and not forget that the Obamas,Clintons and Bushs are just as much guilty of kissing the ass of warmonger Israel while they were in office as well,even worse. last president who did not was kennedy and we saw what happened to him as a result for not doing so,

Oh, a new conspiracy theory--the Israelis killed Kennedy. This, even though Kennedy was pro-Israeli! What stupidity! Actually, his brother Robert was assassinated by a Palestinian.