31-12-2018 20:44 via news.yahoo.com

Netanyahu rules out stepping down if indicted in graft probes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would not resign if indicted on corruption charges, as police continue to investigate several cases involving him ahead of April polls.Netanyahu said he would not step down "in the event of being summoned for a hearing by the prosecutor general before the elections", a necessary step ahead of being formally charged.The veteran premier was speaking in a press conference streamed online from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where he is on an offici
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