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Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit has accepted the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the money of two witnesses in the case 1000 – the case of cigars and champagne – for fund its legal defense, subject to the approval of the state controller.
The two witnesses are the tycoon Spencer Partridge and Nathan Milkowsky, Netanyahu's cousin. Mendelblit has determined that the requested funding does not meet the definition of a "gift" and that there is therefore no impediment to its acceptance.
Mendelblit stated in a statement, "In light of the details received regarding the nature of the relationship between the Prime Minister and Mr. Milikowsky and Mr. Partridge, and taking into account all relevant circumstances, the Attorney General and the Attorney General decided that we can not say that the gift is given to the prime minister "because he is an official."
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However, Mendelblit said that to obtain the final approval of funding, Netanyahu must appeal to the state controller, who is responsible for conflicts of interest and heads the licensing committee. The committee will "review the application and decide whether it is appropriate in the circumstances to allow an exception to the rules and to allow the requested funding to be received".
The Licensing Committee, which has two other members, is responsible for discussing requests from ministers and deputy ministers regarding money and potential conflicts of interest. In his letter, Mendelblit pointed out: "The Licensing Committee will determine if the granting of the license is justified under the circumstances and is appropriate from a public point of view.
The Attorney General suggested that the committee establish the conditions for approval, including a commitment to use the funds solely for the prime minister's legal defense; that there is a ceiling on the amount and that there is a reporting mechanism. Mendelblit also called for the formulation of an agreement on conflicts of interest that would be related to the relationship between the Prime Minister and Partridge and Milikowsky, and to prohibit the Prime Minister from resolving issues that concern them.
Last year, Partridge testified in the 1000 case and the police asked him to explain the gifts that he had given to Netanyahu in recent years. He confirmed that he had bought costumes costing tens of thousands of shekels to the prime minister, but that Netanyahu's cousin, American businessman Milikowsky, had returned him the money later. Milikowsky was also called to testify after Haaretz reported that Netanyahu had claimed in interrogation that he had bought cigars using money that he had received from a relative.
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