On Wednesday, Israel`s Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit ordered to launch a criminal investigation against Netanyahu, according to the Israeli Channel 10 TV. The TV channel did not provide further details, adding only that the investigation was expected to be launched into two different affairs.
"All these scandals have turned out to be baseless and so will the allegations being published in the media now," Netanyahu said in a statement, as quoted by The Times of Israel. He added that the potential case would "come to nothing." According to Israeli media, the prime minister has been allegedly involved in a number of corruption cases, however none of them led to criminal investigations.
Israeli prime minister refutes bribery allegations amid media reports
30 December 2016
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday repelled the accusations against him of bribery and fraud that have emerged in local media earlier in the week.
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