According to all reports, it seems that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is closer than ever to a plea deal and retirement from political life, Netanyahu is interested in a deal that his lawyers are pushing for. For contacts.
Shimon Raklin: “Great leaders do not make plea bargains”
Knitted media man Shimon Raklin wrote this evening (Sat) sharply against a plea deal, “Great leaders. Do not make plea deals. Because history may judge them as small, a leader should go with his truth to the end. As a public messenger. As a generator of change. And if necessary then “Sitting in jail. Yes in jail. It is very unpleasant to sit in jail at an older age. Are we only interested in comfort and abundance or a commitment to the idea? To the meaning of our life’s song? In the past, Israeli freedom leaders also died for freedom.
Yinon Magal added emphatically: “The system will agree to give up everything, as long as Bibi goes. Only there will be disgrace. It must not be given to them. On the other hand, I understand that Netanyahu already wants to end the saga and persecution. And he is not young. “Without disgrace: sign with disgrace: do not sign! Netanyahu, do not give them what they want.” Magal added: “Tomorrow, without a vow, I will open the mass recruitment fund to finance Netanyahu’s trial. The goal: seven million shekels each as a gift from him.”
MK Ben Gvir: “Calls on Netanyahu not to accept the plea deal, we are doing injustice here”
Chairman of Jewish Power MK Itamar Ben Gvir this evening calls on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to accept the plea deal. According to Ben Gvir, “A plea deal for Netanyahu is not the carrot, but the stick “De-legitimizing in constant persecution, Netanyahu is being offered the stick he can hold on to, so that he does not continue with an exhausting show trial that will eventually win.”
MK Ben Gvir added: “I understand Netanyahu’s heart and feeling that the court should not be trusted, but anyone who sees the evidence understands that in order to convict Netanyahu, he has to do eighths and somersaults in the air. I call on Netanyahu to continue to fight for his innocence. “