Phone Call From Trump Interrupts Police Interrogation of Netanyahu

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A phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump interrupted a police interrogations into Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on Monday evening being questioned for a fourth time over suspicions of corruption, according to Reuters.

Not long after sitting down with police investigators, one aide said, Netanyahu briefly excused himself for thirty minutes  to speak with the President of the United States.

According to Netanyahu’s Bureau, Trump initiated the phone call and the two discussed the Iranian threat in length.

“The two leaders spoke at length about the dangers posed by the nuclear deal with Iran… and about the need to work together to counter those dangers,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement issued just before details of the police probe led prime time news.

Netanyahu stressed that Israel will stand with determination against Iranian aggression in the region and will act in order to prevent Iranian fortification n Syria and the transfer of advanced weapons from Iran to Hezbollah.


“Our thick red lines are clear and we won’t hesitate to act on them,” said Netanyahu.

Netanyahu, 67, is a suspect in two cases, one involving the receipt of gifts from businessmen and the other related to conversations he held with an Israeli newspaper publisher about limiting competition in the news sector in exchange for more positive coverage, said Reuters.

No charges have been brought against Netanyahu, who has been in power since 2009 and has denied wrongdoing. Netanyahu has claimed these cases are a witch hunt.

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