Jerusalem: Israeli Police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for three hours under caution at his official residence in Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant.
Part of a police statement issued after the questioning ended said that “investigators questioned PM Benjamin Netanyahu under caution on suspicion of receiving benefits.” No additional details were initially given.
The move to question the Israeli leader was authorised by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, who decided after a preliminary long-running inquiry that there was enough evidence to open a criminal investigation, the newspaper Haaretz said.
Mandelblit issued his own statement which did not elaborate on the matters being investigated. It also mentioned other suspicions which had been checked but did not yield evidence to warrant enquiries.
Read the full article by Isabel Kirshner at The Australian Financial Review.