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Israel's High Court To Decide If Netanyahu Can Form Government

Justices convened Sunday to began discussions on whether the long-serving prime minister should be barred from office as he faces a series of corruption charges.
Israel's Supreme Court convened Sunday to decide if Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu should be barred from leading a unity government as he faces corruption charges.

Israel's top court is deciding if corruption charges should bar Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a government.

Wearing face masks and separated by dividers, the 11. Opponents of Netanyahu, however, are claiming criminal charges — including bribery, fraud and breach of trust — should prevent him from leading the unity government.

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