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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
State prosecutor to probe Mossad chief for receiving improper gifts – report
The State Prosecutor’s Office will take over a probe into suspicions that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen accepted improper gifts from an Australian billionaire, Channel 10 reports.
The TV says they are taking over the investigation from the State’s Comptroller, who had been looking into reports Cohen received illicit benefits from James Packer.
Packer is also connected to a separate probe into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is suspected of received hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigars, champagne and other gifts.
Channel 10 says the state prosecutor will have to decide whether or not to open an official investigation into the spy chief.
