ISRAEL’S NETANYAHU FACES 11TH GRILLING OVER ALLEGED GRAFT

JERUSALEM: Police said investigators on Tuesday ( Wednesday in Manila) questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over one of several graft cases that threaten to topple him. Police said in a statement that “the prime minister was questioned for several hours at his residence today in the course of an investigation being carried out by the national fraud and serious crimes unit and the securities authority.” The police did not say what he was questioned about but Israeli media said the subject was alleged corruption involving local telecoms giant Bezeq and its largest shareholder, Shaul Elovitch. This is the 11th time Netanyahu has been questioned in various cases, either as a suspect or a witness. Last month, he was quizzed as a witness in a probe of alleged corruption over the state purchase of three German submarines. He is not considered a suspect in that case, but some of his close associates have been questioned several times.