Netanyahu says speech helped cement secret ties with Arab countries that led five years later to the Abraham Accords; perception among Democrats at the time were that he was playing partisan politics, a major factor in Democratic disaffection with him
Itamar Ben Gvir says would legislate law grants sitting PM almost complete criminal immunity; co-leader Smotrich, says his proposal to remove breach of trust from criminal code, or Ben Gvir proposals would not apply to Netanyahu criminal trial