State attorney hints police wrapping up probe into Netanyahu

11 January 2018, 6:55 pm

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State Attorney Shai Nitzan says he hopes police will submit their recommendations in the corruption probes into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the coming weeks.

Nitzan, speaking at the Globes newspaper’s annual Israel Business Conference in Jerusalem, pushes back against rumors that the investigations into Netanyahu are being intentionally delayed.

“Any absurd claims that the investigation is being delayed deliberately are false,” he says. “If you believe investigating a prime minister is simple, that is a spurious assumption.”

The probe, he says, “is not dictated by an political interests, and we will do what needs to be done,” adding that he “hopes police will submit their recommendations in the coming weeks.”