{"id":2044,"date":"2017-12-03T10:43:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T11:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/tens-of-thousands-of-israelis-protest-against-netanyahu-corruption\/"},"modified":"2017-12-03T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T11:43:46","slug":"tens-of-thousands-of-israelis-protest-against-netanyahu-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/tens-of-thousands-of-israelis-protest-against-netanyahu-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the regime\u2019s corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">The demonstration was by far the largest of weekly anti-corruption protests sparked by corruption allegations against Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, Reuters reported. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">The four-term leader is suspected of involvement in two cases. The first involves receiving gifts from wealthy businessmen and the second involves negotiating a deal with a newspaper owner for better coverage in return for curbs on a rival daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">Saturday\u2019s protest was prompted by a draft law expected to be ratified by <span style=\"color:#C00000\">parliament<\/span> next week, which would bar police from publishing its findings in two investigations of Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">A cameraman and Israeli media put the number of demonstrators at about 20,000. Police would not provide an official estimate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">Critics say the draft law is a blatant attempt to protect Netanyahu and keep the public in the dark about his investigation. Supporters of the legislation say it is meant to protect suspects\u2019 rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">Netanyahu has said he has no interest in promoting personal legislation but he has not ordered its two sponsors, close confidants in his Likud party, to withdraw the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">Netanyahu has described himself as a victim of a political witch hunt and said of the cases against him: \u201cThere will be nothing because there is nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%\">If charged, he would come under heavy pressure to resign or could call an election to test whether he still had a mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the regime\u2019s corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. 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