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‘Israeli’ Police Interrogate Netanyahu for 3 Hours over Graft Suspicions

‘Israeli’ Police Interrogate Netanyahu for 3 Hours over Graft Suspicions
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‘Israeli' Police investigators questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence on Monday evening for more than three hours over suspicions he accepted valuable gifts from two businessmen, after a graft probe against him gave way to a full-blown investigation in recent days.

‘Israeli’ Police Interrogate Netanyahu for 3 Hours over Graft Suspicions

A white police vehicle with three officers inside was seen arriving at Netanyahu's official residence on Balfour Street in the occupied city of al-Quds/Jerusalem. They spent more than three hours inside with him.

Afterwards they issued a short statement, saying only that Netanyahu was "questioned under caution on suspicion that he accepted [improper] benefits."

Being questioned under caution indicates that Netanyahu is a criminal suspect in the case.

Investigators were finally able to arrange an interview with the prime minister, after having failed for several days to secure a meeting, Channel 2 reported Sunday.

Earlier Monday, screens were mounted at the entrance to the compound in central al-Quds in an apparent bid to shield the investigators' arrival.

Netanyahu, who has denied any wrongdoing, is being investigated over allegations he accepted a "string of valuable gifts" from at least two businessmen during his time in office. The ‘Israeli' Police refused to comment on reports that one of the two is World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder.

Following the interrogation, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit late Monday confirmed for the first time that he had ordered the criminal investigation, releasing a statement that stopped short of going into the details of the suspicions against Netanyahu.

"The Prime Minister of ‘Israel', Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, was questioned today by ‘Israel' Police investigators from the Lahav 433 unit, under the instruction of the attorney general, Dr. Avichai Mendelblit, on suspicion of receiving improper benefits from businessmen," the statement read.

The statement said that Mandleblit had first ordered a "probe" into Netanyahu in June 2016 after he was presented with information by the Lahav 433 unit which included "a long list of allegations that the prime minister had carried out apparent crimes crossing ethical norms."

According to the statement, Mandelblit decided to move from a probe to a full blown-criminal investigation "after he was presented with the opinion of the state attorney and the head of the police investigations and intelligence unit that the probe had found sufficient evidence justifying investigating the prime minister under caution," the statement said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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