Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter defends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview, accusing his political opponents of 'blood libel' and dismissing the criminal charges against him. Leiter falsely claims that Netanyahu was in court over the submarine affair corruption case, which is not true.

Original article source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-envoy-to-us-makes-political-comments-defending-netanyahu-falsely-claims-pm-on-trial-over-submarine-affair/
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