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Democrats head Golan calls for Netanyahu to be investigated, after 2 of PM’s aides arrested over Qatargate
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Following the arrest of two of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top aides in connection with the so-called Qatargate scandal, The Democrats chairman Yair Golan calls for an investigation of the prime minister himself.
The Shin Bet is currently investigating members of Netanyahu’s circle over alleged ties between them and Doha. This morning, police arrested Netanyahu aides Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein. Netanyahu is en route to testify to police as part of the investigation, but is not a suspect at this stage.
“What we see today is a destabilized prime minister who is trying to sabotage and disrupt the investigation into the Qatari money affair,” Golan tweets.
“Netanyahu not only failed on security, he must be investigated on the serious suspicion that he sold security for money — the same money that financed Hamas and the October massacre that reached the top of his office and perhaps even him. Netanyahu will do everything to prevent the truth from coming to light, so the attorney general did the right thing by immediately ordering Netanyahu to be summoned for questioning.”
The Times of Israel Community.