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Police arrive to question Benjamin Netanyahu for eleventh time on corruption allegations

Israeli Prime Minister is being investigated over a case involving telecoms giant Bezeq

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Police were at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence on Friday to question him for the eleventh time on corruption allegations.

As two police cars arrived, protesters outside the entrance of the compound waved banners reading “crime minister” and chanted slogans calling for justice.

Israeli media said Mr Netanyahu would be questioned in connection to a case involving telecoms giant Bezeq and its majority shareholder Shaul Elovich, a friend of the Prime Minister.

The so-called Case 4000 concerns allegations the Communications Ministry leaked confidential information on the Prime Minister’s watch that helped Mr Elovich purchase companies at inflated prices.

Related: The five corruption allegations against Benjamin Netanyahu

Bezeq's subsidiary news site Walla! allegedly provided positive coverage of Mr Netanyahu in return.

Two Netanyahu confidants were arrested earlier this year on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Bezeq and have since struck a deal with the prosecution to provide evidence against the Prime Minister.

Including the Bezeq allegations, there are five distinct cases surrounding Mr Netanyahu and his family.

Police have already recommended indicting Mr Netanyahu on two claims and investigations continue into a further one.

Another case – the fifth overall – concerns allegations the Prime Minister’s wife Sara misused public funds at official and private residences. A court hearing is expected in the coming months.

Mr Netanyahu and his family have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, dismissing all the accusations as a media witch hunt.

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