The Israeli leader, on trial for accepting gifts from wealthy friends, wants approval for a $3-million donation from an American to fund his defense.
Despite failing to win enough support to form a government after three elections, Benjamin Netanyahu stays put as Israel’s longest-serving premier.
A resident of upscale Bloomfield Hills, Mich., near Detroit, Partrich sits on the board of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a group that runs programs for Israeli soldiers, and has donated more than $2 million to Wayne State University, where he has an auditorium named after him. He is an avid art collector and a fan of photojournalism.According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Partrich purchased Netanyahu’s brother’s half of the Jerusalem home they inherited from their father.
Anshel Pfeffer, an Israeli journalist who wrote “Bibi,” a Netanyahu biography, said seeking money from a wealthy friend is a way for Netanyahu to “double down” on his claim that none of the gifts he received were wrong. “This kind of says he doesn’t give a damn about the optics because he thinks he deserves it, and he doesn’t think in any way this should be seen as illegal,” Pfeffer said.Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.
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