Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has responded on Facebook to claims by a prosecutor that a Netanyahu associate who is a suspect in the investigation into improprieties at Bezeq was involved in a billion shekels worth of bribery and favors.
Netanyahu wrote, "After they claimed that the prime minister smoked a million shekels worth of cigars, the new balloon arrived: NIS 1 billion in favors." He countered, "But all the actions were done in a practical manner on the basis of recommendations by the professional echelon, professional committees and legal advice. Not a million, not a billion, not a trillion. Nothing at all."