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JERUSALEM, May 24-- With newly appointed ministers behind him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his trial opened on Sunday is "an effort to bring him down" and his right-wing political camp. Netanyahu came to the court escorted by his supporters from the government, part of them in charge of the enforcement agencies and appointment committee of court judges. Facing a "battle for life", Netanyahu is striving to use its government power as the most effective weapon. He has endeavored from the beginning of his investigations to depict himself as "a victim of a witch hunt" led by the left-wing side. The corruption trials of Netanyahu in three different cases involve serious charges of fraud, bribery, and breach of trust. But no one could imagine anyone else able to form an alternative government in the near future, even Benny Gantz. And not many believe that Netanyahu would hand over the post of prime minister to Gantz in 2021. Benny Gantz, an alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister, signed a rotation agreement with Netanyahu, which enabled the latter to establish the government, in the act of uniting the Israeli society during the COVID-19 crisis. Yossi Shain, head of the school of political science at Tel Aviv University, said in an interview with Xinhua that Gantz is trying not to break the government right now. "He doesn't see any value of destroying the government by condemning Netanyahu," which will immediately bring the government down, said Shain. | 
