Earthshaking...and absurd. That's the best way to describe today's announcement that Israel's attorney general will seek to indict Prime Minister Netanyahu on bribery and breach of trust charges.

The news hits five weeks before Israeli voters head to the polls on April 9. Netanyahu dismissed the looming charges as "ridiculous" and a "political hit job." But with the election so near, the charges could help push him from power and usher in a new left-leaning government. 

The charges allege Netanyahu handed out favors in exchange for, in one case, gifts of cigars and champagne, and, in the other two, for less hostile news coverage - even though the news treatment stayed as hostile as ever.

+  +  +  Israeli "Deep State" at Work

The charges are just the latest in a long series of "deep state" investigations used to attack Netanyahu since his first term as prime minister in 1996. There have been some 22 such investigations, by one count.

The Prime Minister, like President Donald Trump, is a political lightning rod to the left. His pro-growth, capitalist policies have transformed the Israeli economy from socialist basket-case into a high-tech and innovation powerhouse. That, and Netanyahu's posture of military strength as the best path to peace, has turned him into a political pinata.

In Israel, left-wing elites see Netanyahu as "a demonic figure" - as one Israeli commentator put it - someone who defeated socialism and unleashed capitalism in the Jewish state.

To Israeli leftists, that's unforgivable. Now they're "on a hunting spree against me," the Prime Minister said today, near tears.

"We have led Israel to the best decade in its history," he said. "These accusations will crumble when I'll bring dozens of witnesses that were never questioned."

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz dismisses the current bribery accusations against Netanyahu as an attempt by police and prosecutors to "criminalize...political differences."

That sounds strikingly familiar - given the ongoing Russia collusion investigation against President Trump. After a two-year investigation, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr announced this month, "There is no factual evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia."

+  +  +  "Absurd" Accusations

Now, neither leader is without flaws. But the criminal accusations against Netanyahu are, in the words of Israeli journalist Caroline Glick "absurd."

And that's why I'm asking you to join me in sending an urgent message of support to Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump today.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has personally told me how much he appreciates hearing from friends of Israel like you. That's why I'm asking you to respond right away. With Israeli elections just weeks away, your signed note of support now will greatly encourage the Prime Minister.

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For the sake of Israel - and its future as a strong and dynamic nation - it's crucial that you and I stand with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump now.

Netanyahu is a pivotal leader whose policies have made Israel thrive in the harshest geo-political environment on earth. And President Trump is, far and away, the most pro-Israel President in U.S. history.

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Thank you for your support and your love for Israel and the Jewish people!

Sincerely,

Mat Staver
Chairman

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