Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is willing to enter into talks to reach a "deal" with opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu only if it is understood in advance that he will be found guilty of corruption-related offenses.
The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday that Netanyahu was accused of "moral corruption" and excluded from holding public office for seven years.
The newspaper reported that there are currently informal negotiations between the representatives of Netanyahu to determine whether he is serious about accepting such a deal or not.
The newspaper said that if Netanyahu is only willing to accept a deal similar to that of Shas party leader Aryeh Deri, in which the public prosecutor does not seek to charge him with moral corruption that would allow him to remain in politics by simply resigning his seat in the Knesset on a temporary basis.
The General Attorney added that if Netanyahu accepts that the court determines his political fate and pushes him into retirement, Mandelblit would be willing to enter the talks.
Mandelblit feels he is in a much stronger position than Netanyahu because the former prime minister began the last round of informal talks and the attorney general will step down on February 1.
Mandelblit sensed the power that stems from the fact that the immediate successor to replace him is Amit Eisman, whom Netanyahu has tried to prevent from taking office for several months, and almost the entire prosecution prefers to continue the trial and imprison Netanyahu and even wanted to indict Netanyahu on more serious bribery charges in the two cases 1000 and 2000.
The Israeli attorney general is awaiting Netanyahu's response on accepting the basic terms of formal negotiations to see if the last communication by the former prime minister was real or just a temporary maneuver.
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