Jerusalem - Israeli police questioned Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the 12th time on Friday in
connection with a long-running corruption investigation, various
local media reported.
Footage on private broadcaster Channel 10 showed police
investigators entering Netanyahu's official residence in
Jerusalem. Police and the prime minister's office declined to
comment.
Army Radio said the focus on Friday would be on two cases in
which police have recommended indictments against him.
One deals with gifts allegedly given to Netanyahu and his
family, and the other with claims that he discussed getting
better coverage in one of Israel's largest newspapers in return
for curbs on a free daily competitor.
No charges have been brought against the Israeli leader, who
denies any wrongdoing and has called the allegations baseless.
It will be up to Israel's attorney general to decide whether
to file charges. Partners in Netanyahu’s governing coalition
have stood by him, saying they are awaiting the attorney
general's next moves.
Netanyahu has also been questioned in a third case in which
police allege that the owners of Israel’s largest telecom
company provided favourable coverage of him and his wife on a
news website they controlled in return for special treatment
favours from communications regulators.