Israeli police have recommended the indictment of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in two long-running probes into tens of thousands of dollars in gifts to him and his wife and an alleged deal with a newspaper baron, adding pressure on the beleaguered leader to resign.
The investigations have concluded there is “sufficient evidence against the PM on suspicions of the offences of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust” in connection to an Israel-born Hollywood film-maker, and “fraud and breach of trust” involving his connections with an Australian billionaire, the police said in a statement.
In a second case, involving the newspaper baron, investigators found “sufficient evidence against the prime minister in this case for the offences of bribery, fraud and breach of trust”, the statement read.