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Israel police questioned PM Netanyahu for 2nd time in graft probe

In Israel, police questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a second time as part of a probe into whether he illegally accepted gifts from wealthy supporters, police said. According to a statement, investigators questioned Netanyahu yesterday for five hours at his Jerusalem residence as part of a corruption probe, the second such interrogation in four days. <br/><br/>The questioning dealt with another affair as well, police said in a statement, adding that a second suspect had been interrogated in the past days. Netanyahu's office declined to comment. Netanyahu is suspected of receiving gifts from business people, according to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who is overseeing the investigation. He has provided few other details. <br/><br/>Israeli media reports say he allegedly received tens of thousands of dollars in such gifts. US billionaire and World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder has been among those questioned in the probe over gifts he allegedly gave Netanyahu and alleged spending on trips for him, reports have said. Netanyahu has also acknowledged receiving money from French tycoon Arnaud Mimran, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in France over a scam involving the trade of carbon emissions permits and taxes on them. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing, saying repeatedly that there will be nothing because there is nothing.

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