Avichai Mendelblit believes Netanyahu’s actions as prime minister justify the legislation proposed by Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit was convinced to throw his weight behind a bill to ban a criminal defendant from serving as prime minister by the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu in the dying hours of his premiership, which he believed would spell “the end of Israeli democracy.”

Mendelblit believes Netanyahu’s actions and conduct as a prime minister under indictment proved the need for such changes in the law, as Netanyahu jeopardized the stability of the system in Israel. The attorney general has also said he will defend the bill before the High Court of Justice if passed by the Knesset and then appealed.