“People want a fair judicial system. They want a judicial system that operates according to the principles of the law. And that is possible,” said the Israeli premier.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday renewed his call for judicial reform, saying recent developments in his corruption trial had bolstered public support for reshaping the country’s legal system.
“We will continue with judicial reform,” Netanyahu told Yinon Magal, host of Channel 14‘s flagship “The Patriots” program, in a rare interview with a Hebrew-language broadcaster, four months before a scheduled general election.
Judges at the Jerusalem District Court reiterated earlier this week that prosecutors should consider dropping bribery charges against Netanyahu while leaving the lesser breach of trust charges in place across the three criminal cases against him.
The premier dismissed all allegations, saying the cases that have been making their way through the courts since 2020 were collapsing. “There is no bribery here. Wait and see—there is no fraud and breach of trust either,” he said. “It’s all one big bluff. There is nothing here.”