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Mazuz to Court: No need to rush decision on Lieberman probe
By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: avigdor lieberman 

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Thursday that the discovery of new evidence meant there was no immediate need to decide on the future of a corruption probe into Yisrael Beiteinu chair MK Avigdor Lieberman.

The investigation against Lieberman into suspicions of bribery, money laundering and falsifying corporate documents has been underway for the past 10 years.

Mazuz told the Supreme Court that it would be difficult to reach a decision within a short timeframe due to the complexity of the case, its severity and the newly attained evidence, which dates from 2006.
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Despite the recent prominence given to the probe in the media, a new poll shows that Yisrael Beiteinu has overtaken Labor and now has 15 Knesset seats compared to Labor's 14.

In September some 2,500 documents were sent to Israel from Cyprus that have significantly contributed to Lieberman's ongoing investigation. The documents provide information about the activities of various companies through which police believe that Lieberman and his associates laundered money.

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