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Two Netanyahu advisors and listen to his testimony

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Two consultants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were arrested today, Monday, in the context of investigations related to suspicions that include leaking information and receiving funds from external parties; The police listened to Netanyahu’s testimony in the same case, after the approval of the government’s judicial advisor, Ghali Bahraf Mayra. The detainees are the spokesperson for Prime Minister, Eli Wilstein, and Netanyahu Media Adviser, Yunatan Oreikh. They are suspected of committing violations that include: & quot; Communication with a foreign agent, money launder Both Oreikh and Elie Feldestein are imprisoned, and tomorrow, Tuesday, the court will be presented to a session to consider the request to extend their detention. Listening to Netanyahu’s testimony aims to & quot; Investigators from the 433 unit listened to listening to Netanyahu’s testimony, in his office in Jerusalem. In a session that lasted about an hour and a half. The Israeli media reported that Netanyahu began his testimony at 17:30, and the expectations were as much as it indicated that the hearing held with the participation of three investigators may take about 4 hours. In a strongly worded statement that Velcettein did not mention, the Likud expressed the support of Oreikh, and described his arrest as & quot; a repressive police work and a new decline in the campaign of political persecution & quot; as he put it, noting that he & quot; he aims to overthrow the right -wing prime minister and prevent the dismissal of the head of the failed Shin Bet & quot;, according to his description. The statement added that the arrest of Oreikh aims to & quot; his intimidation and a false testimony against him using threats and arbitrary detention & quot, considering that & quot; investigations are taking place in the dark under the orders of publishing, and that Oreikh and others are used as fuel for internal political battles & quot;. The Likud considered that the goal is to implement a political coup through arrest orders & quot;, in the words of the statement, which concluded by saying: & quot; these are not investigations, nor an application of the law, but an attempt to assassinate democracy and replace the will of the people by virtue of the bureaucracy & quot. Investigations by the police 433 unit of the police include additional suspects, including a journalist suspected of facilitating a call between Velcettein and Israeli businessman Gill Berger, who recently admitted that money was transferred to Feldinstein through & quot; a lobby that works for Qatar & quot, according to what was stated in the investigations. Sources reported that the investigation also includes the suspicion of Velcettein’s involvement in providing public relations services for a party working for Qatar on the file of the prisoners and missing persons, while he was still working in the prime minister’s office. Earlier, Haaretz newspaper reported & quot; Oreikh worked in & quot; a campaign to improve Qatar’s image prior to the start of the 2022 World Cup, through a private marketing company & quot;, which Oreikh later denied. It is noteworthy that the investigation of this case was officially launched after new information presented by the Shin Bet to the government’s judicial advisor, in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Judicial and the police leadership. Investigations include a review of & quot; Protection of Confidential Information & quot; Inside the Prime Minister’s office and other ministries, in light of the suspicion of & quot; the presence of leaks of sensitive information for foreign media & quot;. The Shin Bet had previously reported the members of the Knesset that he had started examining the relationships & quot; parties within the Prime Minister’s office & quot; Qatar, in the wake of press reports that talked about the presence of & quot; mutual interests & quot; Between & quot; some advisers in the Prime Minister’s office and figures linked to Qatar & quot;. A Qatari official commented on the case in an interview with the Washington Post & quot, describing the case as & quot; a systematic distortion campaign & quot; Doha targets. The official said that this campaign is driven by parties that seek to continue the conflict and prevent an agreement to release the prisoners & quot, stressing at the same time that Qatar will continue mediation efforts in cooperation with the United States and regional partners. He added that his country & quot; it will not allow the bodies that seek to thwart negotiations to hinder its role in mediation & quot, in reference to the endeavors of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. & nbsp;

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