Israeli police have recommended indicting Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges, adding to a catalog of legal troubles that have clouded the Israeli Prime Minister’s prospects for re-election in 2019. Netanyahu’s fate now lies in the hands of his attorney general, who will decide in the coming months whether the prime minister should stand trial on a host of corruption allegations that could play a central role in next year’s election campaign. The latest allegations follow a lengthy investigation into a case involving Netanyahu’s relationship with Shaul Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of Israel’s telecom giant Bezeq. Netanyahu is suspected of granting regulatory favors to Bezeq in return for positive press coverage 
of him and his wife Sara on the company’s popular news site Walla.

 
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