Netanyahu's trial returns: Bigger and more dramatic than ever

Nothing is ever completely stable in politics.

But from many perspectives, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be said to be in his strongest position since March 2023 when he took a big political hit over the judicial overhaul, followed by another hit for being in charge of the country during Hamas’s invasion on Oct. 7, 2023.

And then comes the return of his public corruption trial (that’s right, it has been on pause but never stopped) with a vengeance and Cases 1000 (Illegal Gifts), 2000 (attempted Media Bribery Yediot Aharonot-Yisrael Hayom), and 4000 (Media Bribery Bezeq-Walla), with the prime minister getting forced onto the witness stand.

The drama of the first sitting prime minister to testify in a public corruption trial – seven years after the investigations started – could take over the country’s narrative for the next month, or months, sidelining what the master messenger wants the national story to be.

It could undo all of Netanyahu’s victories over Hamas, Hezbollah, and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant; and his securing Gideon Sa’ar’s support to make his coalition harder to topple.

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Netanyahu's trial returns: Bigger and more dramatic than ever

The drama of the first sitting prime minister to testify in a public corruption trial could take over the country’s narrative for the next month, or months.

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[1LoverofGod]

Just my opinion, but to me it seems like the political opposition is using this trial against Netanyahu not only to take him and his government down, but would use it as a tool to turn him over to the ICC to have him arrested and get him out of the way from political influence.

 

[Hol]

I’ve heard a couple of things: 1) each week he’ll spend over 20-hrs on trial, effectively removing him from running the wars, 2) if he fails to juggle both they may determine him incompetent to remain PM, 3) this distraction is an effort to cover up the leftest politicians who knew about the pending Oct. 7 attack and failed to inform Bibi, and 4) provides a smoke cover as the court’s military arm unjustly arrests Bibi’s staff, holding them in inhumane cells.

This all started with an article sent to a German newspaper from one of Bibi’s staff where the Oct. 7 coverup is exposed.