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[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Benjamin Netanyahu ? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  accompanied by  his  wife Sara cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for a bomb-proof emergency room in a hospital in Ashkelon  Israel  Tuesday  Feb. 20  2018. (Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press)
JERUSALEM â  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  is fighting for  his  political life as a dizzying array of scandals has engulfed  him    his  family and  his  inner circle.
Police last week announced they have sufficient evidence to indict  Netanyahu  for bribery  fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases. And this week  a new case emerged that threatens to be the most damaging of all  after one of his closest confidants agreed to testify against him in an influence-peddling scandal.
 Netanyahu  and  his  wife  Sara  have long been saddled with a penchant for expensive tastes and questionable use of public funds.  Netanyahu  has denied all wrongdoing and accuses the media of orchestrating a campaign aimed at ousting him from office.
But with those closest to him under intense police and public scrutiny  and his typically loyal political allies suddenly turning silent   Netanyahu  faces the stiffest challenge yet to  his  lengthy rule.
Police have recommended indicting  Netanyahu  over accepting nearly $300 000 in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. Police say that in return for lavish gifts that included jewelry  expensive cigars and champagne   Netanyahu  had operated on Milchanâs behalf on U.S. visa matters  tried to legislate a generous tax break for  him  and sought to promote  his  interests in the Israeli media market.
Police have not commented on what Packer may have received  and  Netanyahu  has said everything  he  received were gifts from friends. Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit  a  Netanyahu  appointee  will make the final decision on whether to file charges â a process that is expected to take several months.
Police have also recommended indicting  Netanyahu  for supposedly offering a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken  his  paperâs main rival in return for more favorable coverage.  Netanyahu  reportedly was recorded asking Arnon Mozes  the publisher of the Yediot Ahronot daily  for positive coverage in exchange for helping to weaken Israel Hayom  a free pro-Netanyahu newspaper that had cut into Yediotâs business.
Israel Hayom is financed by  Netanyahuâs  American billionaire friend Sheldon Adelson and largely serves as the prime ministerâs mouthpiece.  Netanyahu  has noted that a proposed law to weaken Israel Hayom never passed  and this week said  he  had even dissolved  his  coalition and called a new election in 2015 because of  his  opposition to the proposal.  The attorney general  will have to rule on this case as well.
This week two close  Netanyahu  confidants were arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israelâs Bezeq telecom company. In return  Bezeqâs popular news site  Walla  allegedly provided favorable coverage of  Netanyahu  and  his  family. Nir Hefetz  a former  Netanyahu  family spokesman  and Shlomo Filber  the former director of the Communications Ministry under  Netanyahu   are in custody as well as Bezeqâs controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch  along with his wife  son and other top Bezeq executives.
Former journalists at the Walla news site have attested to being pressured to refrain from negative reporting of  Netanyahu .  Netanyahu   who held the communications portfolio until last year  has not yet been named as a suspect in the case but is expected to be questioned. Filber has reportedly agreed to turn state witness against  Netanyahu  in return for a lesser sentence.
 Netanyahu  has not been named as a suspect  but some of  his  closest associates have been implicated in probe related to a possible conflict of interest involving a $2 billion purchase of German submarines.  Netanyahu âs personal attorney  who is also  his  cousin  represented the German firm involved and is suspected of using  his  influence over the prime minister in return for a hefty cut of the deal.
As if  Netanyahu  didnât have enough problems  police said Tuesday that Hefetz  his former media adviser  is suspected of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for dropping a corruption case against the Israeli leaderâs wife. Hefetz is suspected of suggesting  through a middleman  to Judge Hila Gerstel in 2015 that she could be appointed attorney general if she dismissed a pending case against Sara Netanyahuâs excessive household spending.
[EX A]: Negative

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bill Haslam ? Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced on Thursday that  he  will not run for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) in the 2018 election.
â Gov Bill Haslam  will not run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Bob Corker  leaving U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn as the likely frontrunner  if  she  chooses to run â The Tennessean reported on Thursday morning:
The governor  who is term-limited  made the announcement Thursday in a news release. âWhile Crissy and I will always be grateful for all of the encouragement and support to run for the United States Senate  I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Senate in 2018 â  Haslam  said in a statement.
The full statement  released by the governorâs office Thursday morning  offered this explanation of  his  decision not to run for the United States Senate in 2018:
 Haslam âs announcement comes in the wake of a recent series of articles at Breitbart News that highlighted  his  political vulnerabilities:
While conservatives have been coalescing around a potential candidacy of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07)   Haslamâs  decision not to run leaves a void that the establishment Republicans in the state are likely to fill with another candidate.
[EX A]: Neutral

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Harrington ? Michael Harrington  52   struck the plea bargain ahead of a scheduled April 30 trial in Manhattan federal court on four counts of conspiracy  fraud and bribery.
Under the deal   he  faces a recommended sentence of zero to six months in jail  but  his  lawyer said in court that prosecutors wouldnât oppose a defense request for probation.
The Manhattan US Attorneyâs Office declined to say why it offered  Harrington  the sweetheart deal.
 Harrington  was indicted in July on allegations that  he  took payoffs including thousands of dollars in work for a security firm  he  unofficially helped manage  hotel accommodations on a family trip to Chicago  restaurant meals  tickets to sporting events and a video-game system for  his  kids.
In exchange   he  was allegedly âon callâ to provide official NYPD assistance to Rechnitz and co-defendant Jeremy Reichberg  who is a Rechnitz pal and fellow de Blasio donor.
But  Harrington  instead pleaded guilty to illegally diverting police resources  without receiving payment  by skirting protocol to grant favors to Reichberg and other members of the Jewish community.
[EX A]:
Neutral