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Monday, March 31, 2025
Netanyahu begins testimony to police in Qatargate investigation
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently giving testimony to police investigators regarding the Qatargate scandal, concerning alleged unlawful financial ties between his senior staffers and Qatar.
The premier’s convoy arrived in Jerusalem earlier this afternoon, where he is now being questioned at his office by investigators from the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit. He left the Tel Aviv District Court for the capital, cutting short his criminal trial on corruption charges.
Netanyahu has not yet been named as a suspect in the ongoing probe surrounding his close circle of staffers, and the decision to question him under caution will be made only after he finishes giving his testimony.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara instructed police to summon the prime minister for questioning earlier today, shortly after officers arrested his aides Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, who are suspected of contacting a foreign agent, fraud, money laundering, and bribery in the case.
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