Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Reuters/File Photo) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Reuters/File Photo)Almost half of Israel’s electorate believe the country’s police, who say they have gathered evidence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for him to be charged with bribery, a poll showed on Wednesday. The poll, aired on the Israeli commercial television channel Reshet, said 49 percent of respondents sided with the police’s version that Netanyahu had acted improperly. Twenty-five percent said they believed Netanyahu, who denies wrongdoing. But the poll supported Netanyahu more when people were asked whether Netanyahu should remain in office or temporarily step aside. Voters for Netanyahu’s Likud party tended to favour of the prime minister – 50 percent said they believed his denial of wrongdoing.

Source: Indian Express February 15, 2018 03:00 UTC