Netanyahu Scraps Immunity Bid as Graft Trial Moves Closer

(Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted on corruption charges after scrapping his bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution just hours before lawmakers were to consider the request.A defeat in parliament would have delivered an embarrassment to the embattled premier, and taken some of the gloss off a U.S. peace plan for the Middle East to be released on Tuesday that’s expected to deliver major triumphs for Israel.Netanyahu said in a Facebook pos