A new survey conducted after the panel of judges reaffirmed its recommendation to drop the bribery charge in Case 4000 found that 58% of the public believes the prosecutors handling the case should be held accountable for their conduct. The poll results were published Saturday evening, several days after the judges' recommendation became public.
A public opinion survey published Saturday evening, after the panel of judges in Prime Minister Netanyahu's corruption trial reaffirmed its recommendation to drop the bribery charge in Case 4000, found that 58% of respondents believe the prosecutors handling the case should be held accountable for their conduct. The survey, conducted by an unnamed pollster, follows a week of intense legal and political debate over the judges' recommendation. As The Zioneer reported, the panel's renewed recommendation prompted criticism from prosecution sources, political figures, and legal commentators, with a senior prosecution official telling Kan News that the recommendation 'requires a recalculation.' Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Likud MK Moshe Saada sharply attacked the prosecution for not heeding the judges. The poll's wording — referencing 'the collapse of the bribery charge' — reflects the public framing of the judges' intervention as a significant blow to the prosecution's case.
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