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Israeli PM Netanyahu’s trial to start March 17: ministry
JERUSALEM, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The trial of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will open on March 17, the justice
ministry said Tuesday.
It said the indictment would be read in the presence of Netanyahu in
Jerusalem, two weeks after general elections on which the embattled premier
has staked his political survival.
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