Netanyahu Leaves Communications Minister Post Amid Corruption Investigation

‘After weeks of police investigations into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged deal to have the country’s top-selling newspaper cover him in a more positive light, the Israeli leader will leave his role as communications minister.
Tzachi Hanegbi, of Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, will serve as interim director of the communications ministry.
Netanyahu has come under fire in two cases of alleged criminal wrongdoing, in which the veteran prime minister is accused of abusing the powers of his office. Last month, Isaac Herzog of the Zionist Union Party, requested that the Israeli Supreme Court require Netanyahu to resign from the position of communications minister that the latter held alongside his role as prime minister.’
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