Police are opening an investigation into Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon who has been accused of widespread political corruption to further his personal career.
According to Hadashot news, State Prosecuter Shai Nitzan says the Attorney General’s office believes there is sufficient evidence in the case to move forward with an investigation.
Last week, the TV station alleged that Danon, a senior member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, took control of a department of the World Zionist Organization intended to promote Zionism, and appointed cronies and their relatives to highly salaried positions, paid from public funds, in exchange for their support in Likud primary elections.
Danon, a former Likud MK, won the chairmanship of the World Likud organization in 2006 and held the post until 2015, a position which, the TV report said, gave him tremendous influence on appointments and budgets for national institutions. World Likud is one of the World Unions under the aegis of the World Zionist Organization.
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