Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Has Netanyahu lost control over his own loyalists?

BEN CASPIT for Al-Monitor Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who worked closely with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for years, is about to decide whether to open an inquiry into the premier regarding the financing of past private trips.

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