Israeli Attorney General Indicts Netanyahu on Bribery, Fraud, Breach of Trust

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 21, 2019, charging him with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases: Case 1000 (gifts from billionaires for political favors), Case 2000 (favorable newspaper coverage for regulatory concessions), and Case 4000 (regulatory favors for a telecom owner for positive news coverage). Netanyahu denied all charges and refused to resign, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister indicted while in office. The trial began in 2020 and continued through multiple coalition governments.