Perhaps that’s what Bibi meant when he said: “Nothing will come of it, because nothing happened”
Bibi’s bombshell announcement that he would seek legal asylum in the Knesset had a 36-hour shelf life, quickly superseded by headlines that Iran’s terrorist-in-chief Qassem Soleimani had lost his immunity forever.
But the virtue and vice of Netanyahu’s request will be a major campaign issue in the March 2 three-peat.
Knesset members charged with wrongdoing in office are entitled to petition the Knesset for immunity. However, many pundits thought this would be a lose-lose proposition for Bibi.
Throughout his multiyear investigation, Netanyahu repeatedly said “nothing will come of it because nothing happened.” If Bibi was innocent, pundits reasoned, he should relish his day in court. His political enemies concurred, but so did some supporters, afraid that the voting public would react negatively.
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