Netanyahu, 75, denies wrongdoing, saying the charges are a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media and a biased legal system out to topple his lengthy rule. His testimony caps years of scandals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the stand as a criminal defendant on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption.
Netanyahu will answer during his court appearances to charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. Netanyahu, 75, denies wrongdoing, saying the charges are a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media and a biased legal system out to topple his lengthy rule. His testimony caps years of scandals that have swirled around him and his family.
Netanyahu will answer during his court appearances to charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases But the charges against Netanyahu cleaved deep divisions in Israel, with protesters demanding he resign and former political allies refusing to serve in government with the Israeli leader, triggering a political crisis that led to five elections in less than four years beginning in 2019.
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