- Title: Police question Netanyahu in telecom corruption case
- Date: 10th July 2018
- Summary: VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNER AGAINST NETANYAHU READING IN ENGLISH 'CRIME MINISTER' NEXT TO HIS PHOTOGRAPH
- Embargoed: 24th July 2018 09:22
- Keywords: Netanyahu investigation police Jerusalem
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Jerusalem
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0028O60Z7R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (July 10) over alleged dealings with the country's largest telecommunication company, Army Radio said, one of three corruption probes weighing on the leader's political future.
A police spokesman declined comment.
Netanyahu was questioned in the investigation known as case 4000, in which authorities allege he awarded regulatory favours to Bezeq Telecom Israel, the country's largest telecoms group, in return for favourable coverage of him and his wife on a news site owned by the company.
A spokesman for Netanyahu had no immediate comment. Netanyahu, Bezeq and its owner have all denied wrongdoing.
Police have yet to make a recommendation about charges in the case.
In the two other cases in which police have already recommended that Netanyahu be charged with bribery, the final decision about whether to prosecute rests with the Israeli attorney general -- that could be months away. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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