Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has way too much on his plate.
The fifth-term leader officially fired both his justice and education ministers on Tuesday, meaning he'll take over the spots in an acting capacity. And if that overloaded work schedule wasn't enough, there's also a major conflict of interest at play seeing as Netanyahu is facing indictments in three criminal cases.
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