Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could b...
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could blackmail his main election rival, Benny Gantz, after hacking the former armed forces chief’s phone, even as Tehran denied doing so.
Without providing any evidence or details, Netanyahu said Iran had gleaned “sensitive information”. His comments, in a brief speech broadcast online from his official residence, brought a new level of vitriol to the election race. Gantz has confirmed an Israeli TV report last week that the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service had detected that his cellphone had been hacked, though the agency itself has not commented.
Gantz, for his part, has sought to focus public attention on the state’s decision not to deem Netanyahu a suspect in a graft scandal over a German submarine deal. Netanyahu, who denies wrongdoing, faces possible indictment in three other corruption cases.“What do the Iranians know about you that you are hiding from us?” Netanyahu said.
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