Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police on Tuesday as part of one of three corruption cases that are hanging over him.
The police visited Netanyahu at his home to discuss alleged dealings with Israel’s largest telecommunications company – an investigation known as Case 4,000.
Protesters gathered at the prime minister’s official residence called for Netanyahu’s resignation as the police vehicle drew up at the building’s entrance.
The case relates to Netanyahu’s time as communications minister between 2014 and 2017, when he is alleged to have secured regulatory favours for Bezeq Telecom Israel, controlled by Shaul Elovitch, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Netanyahu, who was combining the role of communications minister with that of prime minister, is alleged to have intervened with the regulators in return for positive coverage from Walla, a news site also controlled by Elovitch.
Two people close to Netanyahu have been previously arrested on suspicion of pushing such regulation and have now flipped to become state witnesses.
Police are expected to have been questioning Netanyahu on the testimony of one of them, Nir Hefetz, who is said to have provided incriminating text messages and audio recordings.
Also on the agenda could be text messages the Israeli premier’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, is alleged to have sent to Elovitch’s wife Iris asking for Walla’s coverage to be altered.
The police did not immediately comment on the questioning.