The lawyer for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the NIS 1 million in gifts that police say the Netanyahus have received from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchen is “erroneous.”
In a channel 10 interview, Amit Hadad does not deny the Netanyahus received gifts from Milchen, but says the amount is “too round” to be legitimate.
Hadad repeats Netanyahu’s defense that the gifts the family received over a period of 10 years were within the context of friendship, and were not part of an illicit quid pro quo deal between the two.
“You cannot ignore this simple fact that the prime minister didn’t advance anything on behalf on Milchen,” he says.
“No crime has been committed here,” he insists, and slams the media for its “lack of objectivity” in its coverage of the investigations.
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