Oh, how nice of him…
Caroline Glick on A-G’s supposed indictment of Bibi Netanyahu:
“Contrary to all reporting in Israel, AG Mandelblit hasn’t indicted @netanyahu. He can’t. By law, all indictments of members of Knesset need to be filed with the MK, with the Knesset and with the Knesset committee which decides whether to grant immunity. Since we’re in a transition gov’t, there is no Knesset Committee to accept Mandelblit’s indictment or debate immunity. So he has no way to legally indict Netanyahu. Which of course raises the question: What is he doing? . In the absence of legal means to indict Netanyahu in light of political stalemate in Israel, Mandelblit’s announcement last Thursday was a purely political move. It’s clear intention was to overthrow Netanyahu — a political end. And this was only his opening volley. Now Mandelblit has appointed a “professional” committee led by State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan – the author of the railroading of Netanyahu to decide whether Mandelblit should fire Netanyahu or not — as if he has the legal power to do so. In other words, Mandelblit has abandoned even the pretense of acting in accordance with the law and is now in a free-floating political campaign to use his title as chief law enforcement officer to illegal overthrow Netanyahu. No indictment, no authority, no law.
A-G says Netanyahu can stay in office for now
Mandelblit issued the blockbuster opinion only days after announcing a final indictment for Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust last Thursday.
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit issued a legal opinion on Monday that amounts to deflecting all three ways that critics have sought to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of office in any immediate time frame.
Mandelblit issued the blockbuster opinion only days after announcing a final indictment for Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust last Thursday.
First, Mandelblit said the fact that Netanyahu is a transitional prime minister without a Knesset has no bearing on forcing him out immediately.
He cited the Knesset law that says if a government is forced to be dissolved or a prime minister is forced to resign, the prime minister at the time remains the caretaker prime minister.
In other words, if Netanyahu was forced out, he would essentially be the caretaker for himself.
Second, he ruled that Netanyahu cannot be declared incompetent to carry out his duties merely by the legal establishment as a result of an indictment.
Rather, he said this is a political-public sector question.
