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Ex-police chief probed on suspicion of employing Palestinian living in Israel illegally
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Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Law enforcement is probing former police chief Roni Alsheich on suspicion of employing a Palestinian worker who resided illegally in Israel, Hebrew outlets report.
The former top cop was summoned for questioning this morning after police earlier this week arrested a Palestinian man in Givat Shmuel.
The detained Palestinian reportedly told interrogators that he had been employed in the Tel Aviv suburb at a duplex, part of which is owned by Alsheich.
Alsheich rejects the suspicion against him and denies knowing the man, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
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