Benjamin Netanyahu is being investigated for corruption (& Alan Dershowitz supports him, too)
Dershowitz has been defending (in the press) both Netanyahu and DT, using similar arguments.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/01/james-packer-quizzed-by-afp-over-israeli-pm-corruption-investigation
Billionaire James Packer has been questioned by police in Australia over a corruption investigation involving Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is suspected of receiving luxury gifts from wealthy supporters.
The Australian mogul, who runs the Crown gaming empire and reportedly has a close relationship with Netanyahu, voluntarily attended an interview with the Australian federal police, a police spokesman said on Friday, without specifying when it took place.
“Mr Packer participated in the interview on a voluntary basis as a witness for an investigation being conducted by Israeli authorities,” the spokesman said.
Packer, who recently split up with American singer Mariah Carey, was not suspected of criminal conduct in either Israel or Australia, he added.
Netanyahu has so far been questioned six times over two alleged cases of corruption.
SNIP
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/THINK-ABOUT-IT-Alan-Dershowitz-and-the-Netanyahu-investigations-501753
Since the beginning of 2017 Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowtiz – a renowned criminal lawyer and defender of human rights – hasn’t missed an opportunity to appear in the Israeli media (including The Jerusalem Post) to express his views on the investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In his interviews and articles Dershowitz has raised three basic arguments in support of Netanyahu: that it is wrong and anti-democratic to try to bring down a serving prime minster or president by means of police investigations rather than elections, unless one is speaking of a heinous crime, and that such investigations should be left until after his/her term of office has ended; that the use of state witnesses in investigations against public figures is objectionable; and that none of the suspicions being investigated in Netanyahu’s cases may be considered more than minor misdemeanors, while most shouldn’t be viewed as transgressions at all (he has said the same about some of the suspicions raised against US President Donald Trump).
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