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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be questioned by police on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal centered on telecommunications giant Bezeq.
The case, dubbed "Case 4,000" to differentiate it from a host of other investigations The affairs of the prime minister and his entourage are based on allegations that Netanyahu made concessions to Shaul Elovich, Bezeq's controlling shareholder, in exchange for positive media coverage of him and his wife Sara on the popular information website of Elovich Walla . Elovich should also be questioned in the case Tuesday.
According to reports, Netanyahu will be questioned Tuesday on audio recordings given to the police by the state's witness and former high-ranking prime minister Nir Hefetz. The evidence provided by Hefetz shows that both Netanyahu and Elovitch were aware that a counterpart agreement was in progress, and Hefetz spoke with Elovitch six to seven times a day when he was advising the prime minister.
Hefetz also provided the police with fresh evidence of two other corruption cases against Netanyahu, including another involving an alleged quid-and- quo with one of the country's leading newspapers in exchange for favorable coverage of the prime minister and his family
. Mr. Netanyahu allegedly accepted about 1 million shekels ($ 280,000) of luxury gifts from a number of wealthy benefactors in return for a favorable government treatment – Hefetz reportedly provided investigators with names of additional patrons apparently reinforcing the suspicion that the exchanges were methodical. "Case 2,000" – which is based on an alleged agreement with publisher Yedioth Ahronoth Arnon Mozes to limit the circulation of the newspaper's main rival in exchange for more favorable coverage – Hefetz reportedly provided investigators with the names of additional personalities involved in the mediation of the alleged arrangement.
In February, police recommended that Netanyahu be charged with corruption, fraud and breach of trust in "Case 1,000" and "Last month, Netanyahu was confronted with issues in another case dubbed "Underwater affair" in which police suspected bribes during negotiations between Germans, industrial giant ThyssenKrupp and the Israeli government for the purchase of new submarines for the Israeli navy. [19659002] The police did not say that Netanyahu was suspected of having committed a fault in the case, also known as "Case 3000." Netanyahu could be forced to resign or trigger early elections, but maintained his innocence and denounced all allegations against him as media and police.
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