Israeli police accuse Netanyahu of fraud, corruption

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been accused of suspected bribery, fraud and breach of trust by local police.

According to reports, Netanyahu is currently facing on-going corruption investigation regarding a number of bribery cases by the police which has released few details of its findings.

The Israeli daily Haaretz said Netanyahu’s former chief of staff, Ari Harow, has reached an agreement with the prosecution to turn state witness in two corruption cases against Netanyahu that are being heard in court.

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The cases relate to gifts allegedly given to Netanyahu and his family by business figures and discussions he had with a newspaper publisher.

24 hours ago, the police released a gag order on reporting the details of talks that are underway to enlist a state witness. The document says the cases involving Netanyahu’s deal with “a suspicion of committing crimes of bribery, fraud and breach of trust”.

However, Netanyahu who commented on the matter through his spokesman, denied the charges leveled against him while also revealing in a statement that he is the target of “a witch-hunt, now at its peak, aimed at changing the government”.

“This is destined to fail, for a simple reason: Nothing will happen because nothing happened,” the spokesman said.

 

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