Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has reportedly approved a full criminal investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into allegations of bribery and fraud, the Times of Israel reports.
Netanyahu will be investigated by police for two separate cases and will be called in for police questioning in the coming days.
According to the source, the Justice Ministry, under whose auspices the attorney general operates, declined to comment on the report. There was no immediate response from the Prime Minister’s Office.