HALISTER1: Israeli Police Question Arab Lawmakers on Fraud Allegations

Israeli Police Question Arab Lawmakers on Fraud Allegations

(Bloomberg) -- Special investigative team interrogates parliament members Haneen Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka, according to text message from police spokeswoman Luba Samri.
  • Involves alleged money laundering through Jordan of millions of shekels of Balad party funds: Samri
  • Zoabi to Channel 2 TV: Case is “political witch hunt”
  • Party headquarters in Nazareth searched
  • NOTE: 2/8/16 Israeli Parliament’s Ethics Committee Suspends 3 Arab Lawmakers Link
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