On the eve of Israel's high pressure legislative elections, the explosive and provocative charge of "treason" is being thrown around.
Former Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be criminally investigated for the charge of treason, accusing him of fomenting a foreign war for the sole purpose of extending his and Likud's party's rule.
via Flash90/TOI"This morning, I appealed to the Attorney General demanding the opening of a criminal investigation against Benjamin Netanyahu for the charge of treason," Liberman wrote on X.
"In the past month, Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been pressuring the heads of the security establishment to take steps that could create a miscalculation vis-à-vis Iran."
In essence, he's accusing Netanyahu was trying to drag Israel into a war just before the upcoming elections - not on legitimate national security grounds, but for personal political gain.
"The attempt to drag the State of Israel into war on the eve of elections, together with the willingness to sacrifice IDF soldiers solely due to fear of losing the elections, constitutes treason against the state, its security, and the IDF soldiers," the post concluded.
The Guardian reviews of the controversy:
Israel’s Channel 12 news reported that the prime minister and the armed forces
