Netanyahu seeks re-election in Israel third ballot in a year
Another deadlock looms despite Israel’s longest-serving prime minister facing graft charges
02 March 2020 - 20:53
Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought re-election on Monday under the weight of an imminent corruption trial, with the country’s third ballot in less than a year predicted to end in another deadlock.
The election follows inconclusive votes in April and September 2019 that dimmed the aura of political invincibility once enjoyed by Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, who has denied wrongdoing in the three graft cases against him...
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