Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected indictment on corruption charges has Republican lawmakers bracing for the departure of a man whose close personal relationship with American conservative leaders has shaped U.S.-Israeli relations for the last decade.

“Bibi is perhaps the best partner we’ve ever had, so of course there is anxiety about losing him,” a Republican congressman, using Netanyahu’s nickname, told the Washington Examiner.

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