According to the media, Netanyahu consultant arrested-DiePresse.com

Israel’s police arrested two people as part of their investigation into allegedly illegal relationships between the confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Golf state of Qatar. According to Israeli media, both suspects are high -ranking advisors of the Israeli head of government. The Golfemirate of Qatar is one of the supporters in the indirect discussions with the Hamasbut is also considered a supporter of the terrorist organization.

Further details were initially not known. According to the police, a news lock imposed by a court applies. According to the media, Netanyahu should also testify in this case.

Israel’s government releases secret service chief

The investigation in this case is carried out together with the domestic secret service Shin Bet. Israel’s government had decided at the beginning of the month to relieve Shin Bet boss Ronen Bar. Critics in Israel warn that the step should lead to the end of the investigation in the « catargate affair ». The Supreme Court initially exposed Bars to an injunction.

Netanyahus Liber-Party now criticized the arrest of one of the two men as an attempt to bring Israel’s head of government and prevent the dismissal of cash. The party spoke of an « invented affair ». The Attorney General and the head of the secret service Shin Bet are working to « use arrest warrants to carry out a coup d’état », as it was said in an explanation without information about details.

Opposition leader Jair Lapid announced that one sentence does not appear in the Likud party’s statement-namely that nobody received money from the enemy country of Qatar from Netanyah’s office. Netanyahu attempts to sabotage the investigation into the affair, said opposition politician Jair Golan. He called for an investigation to suspect that Netanyahu had sold security for money. (APA/dpa)