Israel’s attorney-general is expected next month to announce his intention to indict Binyamin Netanyahu on corruption charges.

Avichai Mandelblit has rejected the prime minister’s demand that he wait until after the April 9 general election before delivering his decision. In a rare interview, he told Israeli television: “It is clear that we have to make the decisions as soon as possible. I have to do my work as quickly as possible, of course without compromising on thoroughness and professionalism.”

After two years of police investigations, Mr Mandelblit must now decide on whether to indict the suspects, including the prime minister and his wife Sara Netanyahu, in three different corruption cases. Police investigators and the district and state prosecutors who have inspected the evidence have