Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for bribery and other offenses, the third such recommendation in recent months.
Police said there was evidence to charge Netanyahu with bribery, fraud, breach of trust and unlawful acceptance in the case that centers on regulatory benefits allegedly granted to telecommunications firm Bezeq in exchange for positive coverage from a related media company.?
Netanyahu immediately rejected the accusations against him and his wife, saying there was "no legal basis."
"I'm sure that in this case the relevant authorities, after examining the issue, will reach the same conclusion: that there was nothing because there is nothing," he said in a statement.
Police in February recommended indicting the prime minister in two other corruption investigations.?
He has repeatedly called the allegations against him a plot by his political enemies to force him from office.
(With inputs from AFP)
