Rallying around Netanyahu before trial, Likud lawmakers lash legal system

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rallying-around-netanyahu-before-trial-likud-lawmakers-lash-legal-system/

Hours before the start of the trial, Likud politicians issued statements and took to the airwaves to defend Netanyahu and lambaste the legal system.

“The day of the opening of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial will be remembered as one of the low points of the Israeli legal system,” new Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin of Likud said in a statement.