The Times of Israel reports: Thousands of Likud supporters gathered Wednesday in Tel Aviv to rally in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been beset by a series graft investigations and scandals surrounding him and his family.
As participants waited for the speakers to begin, Likud Knesset members, ministers and party activists chanted “Netanyahu is the king of Israel,” and “There will be nothing because there is nothing,” a phrase the prime minister has repeated in reference to the corruption allegations against him.
Netanyahu has escaped several scandals before, but the scope of the latest accusations appears to pose his stiffest challenge yet. The anger of the crowd was directed against the left-wing and the media, which Netanyahu has repeatedly blamed for being behind a campaign to depose him.
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