Israel Police investigators questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the fifth time on Friday over allegedly illicit dealings with the country's largest telecommunication company.
This was the 11th time Netanyahu, who is embroiled in three corruption investigations, has been questioned since the beginning of the year.
Major Crimes Unit investigators arrived at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem just before noon Friday to interview Netanyahu in what has been dubbed Case 4,000.
The investigation centers on potentially illicit dealings and conflict of interest involving Israeli telecom corporation Bezeq and the Walla news website, which Bezeq owns.
The police allege that Bezeq controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch, who has since been ousted from the company, ensured positive coverage of Netanyahu on Walla in exchange for government regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the company.
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing.
A small demonstration was underway outside the Prime Minister's Residence as police arrived there on Friday. Protesters hung a large banner reading "Crime Minister" and called on Netanyahu to resign.
A police source said this would probably be the last time Netanyahu would be questioned in Case 4,000, adding that the prime minister was likely to be questioned again with regard to the other two cases in which he has been implicated, as the police have recommended he be indicted in both.
The final decision about whether to prosecute the prime minister rests with Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit and could be months away.
