Netanyahu said he had an important announcement to make. Instead, he denounced investigations agains

Netanyahu said he had an important announcement to make. Instead, he denounced investigations against him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/netanyahu-said-he-had-an-important-announcement-to-make-instead-he-denounced-investigations-against-him/2019/01/07/a3647898-12b2-11e9-ab79-30cd4f7926f2_story.html?utm_term=.863671668204

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept Israelis hanging for three hours Monday night after his party said he had a dramatic announcement to make.

But his address fell decidedly flat, with the Israeli leader using it to contest corruption allegations that may be coming to a head in the lead-up to elections. Timed to coincide with the prime-time evening news, Netanyahu’s big revelation was that he had demanded that police allow him to “confront” former colleagues who have agreed to give evidence in corruption cases against him.

“Tonight I reveal to you that during the investigations against me, I demanded a confrontation with the state witnesses,” he said.

He wanted to look them in the eye, Netanyahu said. Police, however, had refused his request twice, he said, in what he appears to consider an injustice. He repeated his demand to confront them and said he should be allowed to do it publicly, live. “Let the public see everything, hear everything,” Netanyahu said.

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