Will Trump split the Israeli right?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman are using their US allies as strategic assets in their battles against Education Minister Naftali Bennett.
Top police investigators from the anti-corruption unit Lahav 433 interrogated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the fourth time on March 6. This round of questioning, which lasted almost five hours, focused on Netanyahu's discussions with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes and their alleged conspiratorial plotting.
In the middle of the interrogation, one of Netanyahu's top aides entered the room and whispered in the prime minister's ear. “President Donald Trump is on the phone,” the police investigators were informed. “We'll have to take a short break.” The interrogators had no choice. Israeli prime ministers do not have a habit of filtering calls from US presidents. So Netanyahu stepped out for a break, took Trump's call and then returned to his interrogation.
