Palestine/Israeli update 1/21/2019..'Only the Strong Wins': Netanyahu Rival Gantz Touts Gaza Destruction in New Campaign Ads

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Leaked: Netanyahu to be Indicted in Bezeq-Walla Affair, According to Reports

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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to file bribery charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Case 4000, the Bezeq-Walla Affair, says a senior legal official, according to Israel’s Ulpan Shlishi news program on Friday night.

According to the report, senior officials involved in advanced discussions say the decision has already been made to charge Netanyahu. Mandelblit has accepted the recommendation of the State Attorney’s Office, specifically that of the Tel-Aviv Financial and Tax District Office, to indict Netanyahu in Case 4000.

The Bezek-Walla Affair is a case in which Netanyahu allegedly received positive news coverage from website Walla!, which is owned by telecommunications giant Bezek in exchange for preferential regulatory treatment granted to the telecom giant.

Channel 12’s Mako news site reported that the prime minister’s attorneys responded to the news, saying: “On the eve of a meeting between us and the attorney general, there is no room for leaks aimed at sabotaging the meeting and damaging our right to be fairly heard.”

On Thursday, Mandelblit had invited Netanyahu’s attorneys on the matter of delaying a decision on whether to charge the prime minister until after the elections, according to the Mako website. The site reported that the letter sent from the attorney general’s office said that even elections were no reason to delay cases against public officials or candidates.

USAID will end all its project in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Jan 31.

The occupation plan to shut down UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers romping and threatening Palestinian youths with guns in Silwad village in Ramallah.

Israeli Occupation Forces IOF kidnapped brutally 5 Palestinians. Teqoa village, east of Bethlehem, 19 January 2019

Your Morning News From Israel – Jan. 21, 2019.