Trump & Netanyahu Betray Their Countries To Stay Out Of Jail

Netanyahu and Trump: two desperate men exploiting power to save themselves

Israeli PM growing increasingly Trump- like in willingness to turn a personal crisis into a national one to stay in power and out of jail… “The driving priority for both Trump and Netanyahu is their own personal interests” – The Guardian

Betray: to not be loyal to your country – Cambridge Dictionary

Who many indictments do Netanyahu and Trump have? What are the charges? How do they respond to mass public protests? How do they create chaos to distract public attention from their legal jeopardy? How does it hurt Israel and America?

Follow along with this StoryMap and see for yourself.

Netanyahu indicted of bribery and breach of public trust

“Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged in three corruption cases, marking the first time a sitting Israeli prime minister has been indicted. The charges by the Justice Ministry and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, include bribery and breach of public trust.

The most serious charge is for bribery in what is known as Case 4000, which alleges that Shaul Elovitch, majority shareholder of Bezeq, received political favors for the Israeli telecommunications giant in return for favorable coverage of Netanyahu on the Walla! news website owned by the company. Conviction on the charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.” – JTA

Right wing, religious extremists

“Netanyahu has gone a different route by forging a coalition with some of the most extreme ultranationalist parties in Israel, even if he does not share some of their views, such as their hostility to LGBTQ rights. Their leaders are unashamedly racist about Arabs and open about their ambitions to annex some or all of the occupied territories, and make permanent the Israeli dominance over the Palestinians.” – The Guardian

Netanyahu is hurting Israel

“He’s hurting Israel more than helping Israel, by making the rest of the world — it’s contrary to what Israel stands for. And I think it’s a big mistake.”
But Biden said he’s “never gonna leave Israel. The defense of Israel is still critical.”
“I told Bibi: ‘You and I are going to have a come-to-Jesus meeting,’” he told Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) before realizing he was being recorded.
Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart that “come-to-Jesus” is “an expression used in the southern part of my state, meaning a serious meeting. … I’ve known Bibi for 50 years, and he knew what I meant by it.”

Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel

President Biden has begun a tricky maneuver: breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Gaza war strategy — while sticking with Israel and its fight against Hamas, which is still holding hostages. No one incident led Biden to start changing his course with Netanyahu, whom he has known for 40 years. It’s an accumulation of events and decisions by the prime minister over the last few weeks. – Axios

TakeAway: Hold politicians who betray public trust to stay out of jail, accountable for the harm they cause.

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