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«Israel’s» Interior Minister Questioned in Corruption Probe

«Israel’s» Interior Minister Questioned in Corruption Probe
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"Israeli" Interior Minister Arye Dery and his wife, Yaffa, arrived for police questioning as part of a corruption investigation on Monday morning. They are expected to be asked, among other things, to explain how they financed real estate they bought in recent years, such as their house in Safsufa, an agricultural settlement in the north of the occupied territories.

«Israel’s» Interior Minister Questioned in Corruption Probe

Fourteen other suspects were taken in for questioning earlier Monday morning in connection to the probe into Dery. Among the suspects are a businessman and philanthropist, a director general of a government ministry and figures in Dery's bureau, who are registered as employees of the NGO managed by Yaffa Dery. Other Dery relatives had also been summoned by police.

Last week, Haaretz reported that a long list of the entity's leading tycoons and bankers contributed millions of shekels over the last 15 years to an ultra-Orthodox educational NGO, Mifalot Simha, run by Yaffa Dery.

Arye Dery was convicted of bribery and fraud in 2000 and served 22 months in prison. During the decade between his release from prison and his retaking of the leadership of Shas in 2012, Mifalot Simha received many of its donations from the "Israeli" entity's economic elite.

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit opened an inquiry against Dery on suspicion of corruption last March, at the end of a probe into the minister's financial affairs that lasted several months. The probe began during the term of Mendelblit's predecessor, Yehuda Weinstein, and included an inquiry in Germany.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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