JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was again interrogated by police on Friday in connection with two corruption investigations, the Israeli press reported.
This is the twelfth time that the Prime Minister is heard by the police.
The images broadcast by Channel 10 private television show police officers entering the official residence of the head of government in Jerusalem. The police and the Prime Minister's office declined to comment.
According to army radio, Friday's interrogations focused on two cases in which the police recommended a charge of the Prime Minister.
One concerns gifts that would have been offered to Benjamin Netanyahu and his family. The other deals with an agreement that the prime minister would have tried to make with the owner of Yediot Aharonot in order to obtain more favorable treatment in this major Israeli newspaper in exchange for restrictions on a free daily competitor.
No charges have been brought against the Israeli leader, who denies any wrongdoing and characterizes the accusations against him as unfounded.
It will be up to the Israeli Attorney General to decide whether to file a complaint or not. The partners in the ruling government coalition supported Benjamin Netanyahu, saying they were waiting for the prosecutor general's next steps.
Benjamin Netanyahu is also suspected in a third case. According to the police, the owners of Israel's number one telecommunications company provided favorable coverage to the Netanyahu couple on an information website they controlled in exchange for preferential treatment from the telecommunications regulator.
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