Israel Police’s 433 Lahav Unit continues its investigation into alleged high-level government corruption. Over 30 suspects have been arrested and interrogated the case to date, including a former cabinet minister and a current deputy minister. There are also director-generals of government ministries, mayors and heads of local and regional councils.
On Sunday, 13 Teves, Channel 2 News reports “new developments” in the case involving a number of senior Yisrael Beitenu party officials. Israel Radio reported police investigators found 13 million NIS in the bank account of one of the suspects, lobbyist Yisrael Yehoshua, who is reportedly very close to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the Yisrael Beitenu party.
In addition, police found 2 million NIS in a bank account belonging to Deputy Minister of the Interior (Yisrael Beitenu) Fania Kirschenbaum and her husband. Police theorize that the political party paid fictitious salaries and budgets to NGOs and individuals.
Israel Police Deputy Chief Nissim Mor commented on persistent allegations from Lieberman, that police have timed the publication of the major investigation to harm his party in the upcoming national elections. Mor rejected Lieberman’s allegations outright, insisting nothing but professional police considerations have dictated their actions in the case.
Channel 2 News reported on motzei Shabbos that investigators have completed their case regarding four of the suspects and criminal indictments are to be expected in the near future in those cases.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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With the amount of alleged criminal activity among political individuals, it is very easy for intel to simply pick whomever they want at any time, and as if this was their only method and not more towards a last resort.
The percentage of allegedly corrupt politicians is very conspicuous. The public simply can’t fathom intel possessing the technology capable of manufacturing these situations. Though the public hasn’t seen anything out of our intel sector actually ever.
Probably not noticeable to the masses so of course no need to work on the phony orchestration of these events too hard but it’s actually very evident.
This entity in control of these situations is not a friend to our people.