Bibi's long-running battle with the legal authorities escalates
From a fortified bunker built in the 1960s, the prime minister of Israel has been waging the fight of his life over the past year — and not on the military front.
During Donald Trump’s first-term visit to Israel, the president was taken aback by the antiquated, unimposing structure from which Netanyahu runs the country — a world away from the White House or Mar-a-Lago.
Netanyahu, who hasn’t returned to his sprawling Caesarea home since last month’s drone strike, often spends the night at the fortified compound, bringing to mind Winston Churchill’s austere lifestyle in his famous World War II bunker.
The Israeli prime minister has been forced to devote an increasing amount of time to the fight for home — referring not to Israel, but to the prime minister’s residence. One after another of his aides have been hauled off to the interrogation room, with one, military spokesperson Eli Feldstein, being thrown into “the cellars of the Shin Bet,” as Feldstein’s attorney put it.
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