Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be questioned by police over corruption allegations, according to a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The story reports that Mr Netanyahu is "likely" to be "summoned for questioning under caution — that is, as someone who might be charged with a crime", citing "senior sources" in the investigation.
“Haaretz has learned that, barring any unexpected turn of events, investigators from the Israel Police national fraud squad will soon visit the Prime Minister’s Residence to take testimony from Netanyahu,” the story said.
The corruption investigation was announced in July, after sources brought forward information alleging unlawful activity by Mr Netanyahu and his staff between 2006 and 2009, when the Prime Minister was leader of the opposition Likud party.
“As happened in all previous instances, when deeds attributed to Prime Minister Netanyahu turned out to be baseless, here as well there will be nothing, because there is nothing,” an advisor to Netanyahu said at the time.
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, a Netanyahu-appointee, has been accused by some of dragging his feet over the allegations - as reported in Haaretz.
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