Netanyahu’s immunity request to be rejected, paving way for trial
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Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon is expected to rule on Sunday that Speaker Yuli Edelstein cannot halt the formation of the committee to hear the prime minister’s request for immunity.
Since there is a clear majority in the Knesset opposed to granting immunity to Benjamin Netanyahu, the Knesset House Committee would almost certainly vote down his request, which would pave the way for his indictments to be formally passed to the Jerusalem District Court.
Blue and White, Labor, Democratic Union and the Arab parties have all expressed opposition to granting the prime minister immunity, and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman made clear as soon as Netanyahu requested it last week that he would also oppose such a measure.
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz said on Friday that as soon as Yinon published an opinion allowing for the committee to be formed his party would begin steps to convene it as soon as possible.
The Likud and Netanyahu have strongly opposed the formation of the committee and have lambasted Yinon by claiming that he has a conflict of interests, since his wife works in the state attorney’s office and worked on the criminal cases against Netanyahu.
