Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday that he was indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a politically orchestrated “witch hunt” by the media and the left.
It comes while Netanyahu is serving as Israel’s caretaker prime minister after he failed to cobble together a government last month.
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