{"id":2260,"date":"2017-12-15T13:10:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/israeli-police-question-netanyahu-again-over-corruption-probe\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:10:54","slug":"israeli-police-question-netanyahu-again-over-corruption-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/israeli-police-question-netanyahu-again-over-corruption-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli police question Netanyahu again over corruption probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israeli police investigators have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds again over suspicions he received illegal gifts from a number of wealthy businessmen.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tInterrogators from the so-called Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit arrived at Netanyahu\u2019s home just before 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Friday to question him over his involvement in police cases 1000 and 2000. The session lasted 4.5 hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tIsraeli Hebrew-language media outlets reported that Netanyahu was presented with testimony given by Australian billionaire James Packer, which strengthened the likelihood of bribery charges brought\u00a0against him.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is the seventh time that Israeli police investigators are grilling Netanyahu for corruption. The last round of questioning took place on November 19, and lasted for four hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tCase 1000 revolves around alleged illicit gifts given to Netanyahu and his family by different businessmen, most notably the Israeli-born Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Israeli prime minister and his wife, Sara, have denied wrongdoing in the case, claiming that the value of the items was significantly lower than reported, and that they were only \u201ctrifles\u201d exchanged between close friends.<\/p>\n

\n\tCase 2000 focuses on an alleged clandestine deal made between Netanyahu and\u00a0Yedioth Ahronoth\u00a0<\/em>publisher and owner Arnon \u201cNoni\u201d Mozes, in which the 68-year-old chairman of the Likud party promised Mozes he would support a bill to reduce the circulation of\u00a0Yedioth<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0main commercial rival, the Hebrew-language freebie\u00a0Israel Hayom<\/em>,\u00a0in exchange for favorable coverage of himself in\u00a0Yedioth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tReports emerged earlier this year that the president of the World Jewish Congress and Netanyahu\u2019s long-time ally, Ronald Lauder, had given the premier and his son gifts, including expensive suits. The accounts prompted Israeli police to interrogate the prime minister.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetanyahu is currently under probe over suspicions that he accepted 1 million euros\u00a0(about $1.1 million) from accused French fraudster Arnaud Mimran for campaign funds during the\u00a02009\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are also calls for Netanyahu to be investigated for his role in a billion-dollar deal to purchase three submarines\u00a0from German shipbuilder\u00a0ThyssenKrupp\u00a0Marine Systems GmbH.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetanyahu’s personal lawyer and one of his closest confidants, David Shimron, reportedly represented the German company behind the\u00a0submarine\u00a0contract.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Israeli prime minister, in an apparently unrelated case, is also subjected to accusations that he and his spouse misappropriated public funds to pay for private expenses, ranging from laundry to ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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