Netanyahu soon to be qestioned as criminal suspect

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu will be summoned for questioning under caution — that is, as someone who might be charged with a crime — according to senior sources involved in an ongoing probe into alleged acts of corruption by the prime minister.

Haaretz has learned that, barring any unexpected turn of events, Israeli police will soon visit the Prime Minister’s residence to take testimony from Netanyahu.

In June, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced his decision to launch an inquiry “in the wake of information that has been received concerning matters regarding the prime minister, and which was presented to the attorney general by the police intelligence and investigations division.”

The probe was initiated in response to information culled from two intelligence sources concerning ‘acts of corruption’ by Netanyahu, mainly during the period from 2006 to 2009, when he was leader of the opposition.