Campaigning Against the Courts

For drivers stuck in Tel Aviv’s endless traffic, last week was worse than usual, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu arriving at the Tel Aviv District Court for the central Chanukah candlelighting ceremony.

Until now, Bibi has been fully present for about half of fifty-some scheduled cross-examination sessions. He’s only keeping his word; he promised at the start of his testimony that far from being the defendant, he’d be the one setting the agenda at his trial.

Last week’s session began with Netanyahu lecturing the judges panel so sharply it was hard to tell who was on trial.

“We requested that this morning be kept free, for good reason,” Netanyahu chided.