Netanyahu suspected of bribery, fraud, gag order on all his cases

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Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's wife for two hours on suspicion she diverted public money for her private housekeeping expenses. Adelson has recently turned against Netanyahu and his paper has been increasingly critical of the Prime Minister.

Police have been questioning Netanyahu for months over the cases but have released few details. The court granted the order, which will remain effective until September 17.

A statement from his office Thursday night said, "We completely reject the unfounded claims against the prime minister". It claimed a campaign was underway to reshuffle the government but the effort would fail because there was nothing to it.

Israel's Attorney General, Avichai Mendelblit, said talks with Mr Netanyahu's former chief of staff, Ari Harow, about acting as a witness for the state were "making progress".

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The source blamed Netanyahu for the subsequent Arab resistance after the attack، saying that "Abbas held intensive meetings with Saudi Arabian head King Salman، who rules the two holiest mosques in the Islamic world، in order to calm the relevant parties، but Netanyahu was determined to escalate it،" he contended.

The other case, known as "Case 1000", involves suspicions that Netanyahu and his wife Sara received expensive gifts from Israeli-US businessman and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. Mr Mozes owns Yedioth Ahronoth - one of Israel's biggest newspapers.

The request itself, dealing with case 100 and 2000, describes suspicions of accepting bribes, committing fraud and breaching the trust invested in him as an elected official.

The office of Israel's longest serving prime minister denied any wrongdoing.

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