"Everything that Netanyahu is indicted for, involved when he is being prime minister that he violated the authority of prime minister in order to benefit himself, to benefit his friends, for his own personal interests, this is a fundamental defect... while I decided that I resigned at the very early stage because I felt that it will not be appropriated for prime minister to get into direct confrontation with law enforcement of the country. No one is above the law, I suffered from this, but I bowed my head and I said, the courts are above me...Netanyahu thinks he is not only above the courts but he's also above the country, this one would not work..."
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Ehud Olmert, Interview with France24 (March 2020)
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