Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he is withdrawing his bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said in a statement that the immunity proceedings in parliament would have been a “circus” and he did not want to take part in this “dirty game”...

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