Knesset Speaker: Netanyahu ready to take 'leave of absence' if indicted
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Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be ready to "take a leave of absence" if he is indicted on multiple corruption charges.
"This is not an easy step in leadership,” Edelstein tells Israeli radio. "The prime minister is prepared to pay this price to establish a government."
President Reuven Rivlin made a similar suggestion last week, proposing a plan that would see Netanyahu take an open-ended leave of absence should he be charged in one or more of his three criminal investigations.
