Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves during the opening ceremony for a bomb-proof emergency room in a hospital in Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. The latest case surrounds Nir Hefetz, a longtime media adviser to Netanyahu and his family. But Israeli media, including columnist Ben Caspit, who broke the story, said the judge was shocked by the offer. “Israel deserves a full-time prime minister who is not engaged in anything else. In the second case, Netanyahu is accused of offering a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken his paper’s main rival in return for more favorable coverage.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 06:59 UTC