Netanyahu's future

Israel's top prosecutors spared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the embarrassment of a criminal trial and the instant collapse of his government Sunday. They found insufficient evidence to sustain a police recommendation to indict him for fraud and breach of trust in a political corruption scandal.

But the prosecutors' announcement, which also cited their "tangible suspicion" that Mr. Netanyahu misbehaved, damaged him politically and left the fate of his government and the peace process in doubt. His hasty proclamation that the affair is now behind him was unrealistic.

-- The New York Times