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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to hold on to power in Tuesday's historic repeat election as the shadow of various corruption charges loom over his future.
Israel's attorney general has recommended pressing criminal charges against him in three separate corruption cases, pending a long delayed pre-trial hearing scheduled for early October — just three weeks after the election.
Netanyahu's legal woes — and the recommendation to indict him on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges — were well known before the April vote and didn't appear to influence his popularity.
But Netanyahu appears more vulnerable now. He's now expected to demand any future coalition partners pledge to back immunity for him, which may limit his options.
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