Israeli police interrogate Prime Minister Netanyahu at his home for three hours!

JERUSALEM, Israel (PNN) - January 2, 2017 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interrogated under caution today on suspicion of alleged corruption. The interrogation lasted for three hours and was conducted at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu is expected to be questioned at least once more prior to the completion of the investigation.

Last week, Israeli cops were calling on Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to allow them to open a full criminal investigation against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Today, Israeli police entered Netanyahu's home for questioning. The prime minister was quick to react, blasting, "Don't celebrate too soon over corruption probe."

The offenses that Netanyahu allegedly will face will be bribery and aggravated-fraud. In June it was reported that the cops had recently started their secret investigation, with demand that no details be leaked to media.

Attorney General Mandelblit also allegedly instructed employees in the state prosecutor’s office to investigate allegations that Netanyahu accepted 1 million euros (about $1.1 million) from accused French fraudster Arnaud Mimran in 2009.

Earlier in December, in an apparently unrelated case, there were calls for Netanyahu to be investigated for his role in a Defense Ministry deal to purchase submarines from a German company that is partly owned by the Iranian government.

The affair overtook public debate in Israel last month, as accusations came about that the Israeli prime minister may have been financially swayed in the decision by his personal counsel David Shimron, who himself had ties with the submarines’ builder, ThyssenKrupp. The purchase was opposed by sectors of the defense establishment, including former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon.

A spokesman for Netanyahu defended the prime minister by saying, “This is absolutely false. There was nothing and there will be nothing.”

Police officers came to the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem on Monday evening to question him about claims that he took designer suits and overseas trips for his son from at least two businessmen.

Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged but the criminal investigation into him is one of several probes swirling around him and his family. His wife, Sara, was questioned by police in a different case just weeks ago.

Police probes against politicians are common in Israel and Netanyahu’s predecessor, Ehud Olmert, is in prison for corruption. Ariel Sharon was questioned by police over accusations he accepted bribes but the case was dropped and he was never charged.

The 67-year-old politician, who is on course to become Israel’s longest-serving leader, has avoided prosecution at least twice so far in a long career.

What is most interesting about this news is the possible correlation with the Fascist Police States of Amerika decision to abstain from the vote in the United Nations Security Council that aims to stop Israeli construction on occupied Palestinian territory. While it only makes logical and legal sense for such construction to be halted, the FPSA decision not to support Israel is a public slap in the face and one that comes at a time when it also makes sense to ask a logical question: Does the FPSA know something about Netanyahu’s investigation and possible crimes and is it now seeking to publicly separate itself from the controversial Israeli prime minister?