Benjamin Netanyahu Is Questioned in 3rd Corruption Case in Israel
Officers questioned Mr. Netanyahu about a case involving Shaul Elovitch, an Israeli telecommunications tycoon accused of using his popular Hebrew news site to provide positive coverage of Mr. Netanyahu
and his wife in return for regulatory and financial benefits worth tens of millions of dollars.
Mr. Netanyahu, who has been accused of accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts over 10 years, has found himself and his close associates accused on a variety of fronts: • Case 1000, the gifts-for-favors affair in which the police last month recommended
that Mr. Netanyahu be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
By ISABEL KERSHNERMARCH 2, 2018
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was questioned by the police on Friday as a possible suspect in a third
bribery case, the weightiest so far in a string of corruption investigations that are jeopardizing his political future.
In a short video posted on Facebook after he was questioned, Mr. Netanyahu said he was about to embark on "a very important visit" to the United States and added, in reference to the police investigations, "I feel confident
that nothing will come of it." The questioning of the prime minister, who also served as communications minister from 2014 to 2017, in this latest case was expected.
Mrs. Netanyahu is facing possible fraud charges in a separate case in which she is accused of misusing
about $100,000 in public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence.
Elovitch said that All actions were carried out in a professional manner based on the recommendations of the professional echelon, professional committees
and legal counsel.’’ Jack Chen, a lawyer representing Mr.