In his worst nightmares, Blue and White Chairman and Defense Minister Benny Gantz could not have imagined the major damage that would be inflicted on him on the opening day of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial on May 24.
Netanyahu delivered his “J’accuse” speech on a live broadcast to the cameras only moments before he entered the Jerusalem District Court. It was his indictment of Israel’s law enforcement system, which he accused of persecuting and “framing” him. For several but seemingly endless minutes, while standing in front of mask-wearing silent Likud ministers, the prime minister hurled poison darts at the police and the state prosecution office.