Daily Briefing Jan. 12: Day 829 – Qatargate suspect Einhorn labeled ‘fugitive criminal’

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Police declared Yisrael Einhorn to be a “fugitive criminal,” making the declaration about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ex-campaign adviser for the first time during a hearing in Rishon Letzion over the alleged leak of classified documents to a German newspaper. We learn about Einhorn’s alleged role in the Qatargate scandal.

Israel is in an election year and the government is set to attempt to pass a series of bills as........

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