The Left never has to hope for positive press…
I find it ironic that a country, regardless of what government is in charge, continuously seeks (justifiably) to influence for a more favorable press internationally, is now targeting its very successful prime minister of doing (justifiably) exactly that with the domestic media. This is all highly idiotic and its judicial system should be ashamed of itself for displaying such flagrant partisanship.
Dershowitz on Netanyahu trial: ‘Israel should be deeply ashamed’
Dershowitz added that if the prosecutors wanted to charge Netanyahu with a crime there should be certain precedents and parameters set around what constitutes the exploits as actionable offenses.
Israel “should be deeply ashamed” for putting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on trial for trying to obtain favorable media coverage, according to American lawyer and academic Alan Dershowitz, who served as lead counsel on the United States President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
Speaking to i24News, Dershowitz added that the Knesset would “never in a million years” make it a crime for politicians to push publications for more flattering media coverage “because if they did, half of the members of the Knesset would be in prison.”
“Israel is the first country in modern history to ever put a political leader on trial for trying to get good media coverage or trying to eliminate negative media coverage,” Dershowitz told i24. “If you want to try people on these offenses in cases 1000, 2000 and 4000, let the Knesset pass statutes.”
He went on to explain his reasoning, noting that Israel is using “vague, open-ended, broad” statutes in order to fabricate new crimes, adding the case is unprecedented not because the first sitting Israeli prime minister is being charged for bribery, fraud and breach of public trust, but because “the charges being brought against Netanyahu are not crimes.”
Dershowitz added that if the prosecutors wanted to charge Netanyahu with a crime there should be certain precedents and parameters set around what constitutes the exploits as actionable offenses.
