Police question Netanyahu over graft affairs

Israeli police investigators questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening as part of criminal investigations into two corruption affairs in which Netanyahu is a suspect, local media reported.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri declined to comment, citing a police policy not to divulge information about ongoing questionings.

According to the Hebrew-language Ynet news site, officers with the police 433 Lahav anti-corruption unit were seen arriving at the official prime minister's residence in Jerusalem in the afternoon.

It was the fifth time that police investigators arrived at the residence to question Netanyahu in this pair of long-run graft investigations.

One of the affairs involves suspected receiving luxury gifts from Israeli-U.S. Hollywood tycoon Arnon Milchan, and the other involves alleged secret deals to receive favorable coverage in Yediot Aharonot, one of Israel's largest daily newspapers.

The current questioning comes about three months after Netanyahu's former aide, Ari Harow, had signed an agreement to become a state witness.