Hollywood tycoon Arnon Milchan recruited Australian businessman James Packer to help share in financing the lifestyle of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family, suggests evidence gathered by police during an investigation of graft allegations against him.
Police investigators are set to question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth time on Monday, as part of the ongoing corruption investigations into the Israeli premier.
As a member of a prominent American Jewish family, it is no surprise that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner won’t be meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time when the Israeli leader arrives in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
The Israel Police are looking into the affairs of yet another billionaire with alleged ties to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on suspicions that he, too, gave the prime minister gifts, Channel 10 reported on Thursday.
Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon “Noni” Mozes reportedly presented police with extensive “written and recorded” documentation that is said to show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effectively runs the Sheldon Adelson-owned Israel Hayom daily.
Detectives from the Israel Police anti-corruption unit arrived at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem office on Friday morning, to question him as part of two ongoing investigations into alleged graft.
A Likud lawmaker on Sunday accused billionaire Israeli film producer Arnon Milchan of trying to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by leaking details of the hundreds of thousands of shekels’ worth of gifts he supposedly gave him and his wife.
Reports on the police investigation into suspicions of graft by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have focused on stories of lavish gifts of cigars, pink champagne and Mariah Carey concert tickets.
Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, testified Tuesday afternoon to police in connection with the investigation of his father on suspicion of receiving benefits from businessmen.
The publisher of Israel’s best-selling newspaper was called in for further police questioning on Monday amid an ongoing investigation into suspicions that he negotiated a behind-the-scenes deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give the premier more favorable coverage in exchange for legislation that would damage a competing daily.