AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces three investigations over alleged corruption, was questioned again by police over a case involving the regime’s largest telecoms firm.
The authorities allege Netanyahu awarded regulatory favors to Bezeq Telecom Israel in return for favorable coverage of him and his wife on a news website owned by the company. Netanyahu, Bezeq and its owner have all denied wrongdoing.
Netanyahu has been questioned over the case before and police have yet to make a recommendation about charges.
In a brief statement that gave no details about the investigation, a police spokesman said Netanyahu was questioned for several hours at the prime minister’s residence in al-Quds by the police anti-corruption unit.
In another development, the commander of an Israeli military headquarters has been sacked and put under investigation on several offenses, including bribery and nepotism in a case for which an Israeli court issued a gag order.
The regime confirmed that it is probing into the offenses committed by Colonel Yigal Ben Ami, the commander of the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
The colonel, who has been in the Israeli military for 30 years, has allegedly received bribes and given top positions to the children of his friends and business partners, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The commander is also suspected of using military vehicles for personal purposes and having ties to construction companies working on projects at the military base, the investigations have shown.
Despite denying the allegations, Ben Amy has accepted a request to advance the date of his retirement, a statement by the Israeli military said.
The regime, which has imposed a gag order on the case, is reportedly wiretapping and interrogating senior military officers and contractors as part of the investigation into the case.