“A few minutes ago I informed the Knesset speaker that I had withdrawn the request for immunity ... I will not allow my political opponents to use this issue to interfere in the historical process that I am conducting,” he wrote on his Facebook.

On January 1, Netanyahu filed a petition for parliamentary immunity a few hours before the expiration of the month allowed to submit the request.

The Israeli Prosecutor General’s Office announced their intention to charge Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

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