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Key suspect in corruption case involving Netanyahu summoned for questioning
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleShaul Elovitch, the former chief shareholder in Bezeq, Israel’s main telecommunications company, is questioned in Case 4000, a corruption probe involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Walla news site reports.
Elovitch, who is also the owner of Walla, arrives at the offices of police’s Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit.
In the case, Netanyahu is suspected of advancing regulatory decisions as communications minister and prime minister that benefited Elovitch, despite opposition from the Communication Ministry’s career officials. Police suspect that in exchange he received positive coverage from Elovitch’s Walla news site.
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