Mr. Ron Lauder was among the many VIPs who arrived in Israel to attend the levaya of Shimon Peres on erev Shabbos. Lauder, who also serves as head of the World Jewish Congress, was approached by Israel Police during the state funeral in connection with an ongoing investigation against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. It is reported that while Mr. Lauder took exception to the poor timing, he agreed to be questioned in the future.

Channel 2 News reported that Lauder was taken aside during the funeral and he was less than pleased with the timing. It is added that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit gave police the green light to act as they did. The sides agreed that a team of investigators will follow-up in NYC as they will fly there to speak with him further or alternatively, when he is next in Israel, he would respond to questions.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)