Could Israeli legal system force Netanyahu to resign?
Faced with the cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and the Supreme Court justices will be unable to ignore the precedent that booted indicted politicians.
Do not envy Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. By Dec. 18, he will have to choose between the lesser of two evils — to tell the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career is over, or that in his opinion a politician charged with criminal wrongdoing can continue serving as prime minister.