Sunday, August 6, 2017

Netanyahu's top aide turning state's witness leaves little doubt: The PM will be indicted

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Netanyahu"s prosecutors wouldn"t sign a deal with someone in as bad a legal shape as Ari Harow unless they knew he could deliver damning evidence. An indictment is all but in the bag.


The state"s witness agreement reached between the prosecution and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu"s former aide, Ari Harow, on Friday has one virtually irreversible implication: An indictment against Netanyahu is coming.


Netanyahu"s former chief of staff Ari Harow supplied information in two key affairs: Allegations that the prime minister received gifts from wealthy benefactors, and secret negotiations Netanyahu allegedly held with the publisher of Israel"s most popular newspaper in return for favorable coverage.


Under his deal with the prosecution, Harow will be convicted of fraud and breach of trust in a separate case, but will avoid jail time. Instead, he will do community service as pay a 700,000-shekel ($193,000) fine.


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