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| Israeli police have recommended that the country's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman should face corruption charges, media reports say. | Israeli police have recommended that the country's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman should face corruption charges, media reports say. |
| The police say that Mr Lieberman should be charged with offences including corruption, embezzlement and money-laundering, sources say. | The police say that Mr Lieberman should be charged with offences including corruption, embezzlement and money-laundering, sources say. |
| The police probe has been under way for the past 13 years. | The police probe has been under way for the past 13 years. |
| Mr Lieberman has consistently denied any wrong-doing and says the inquiry is politically motivated. | Mr Lieberman has consistently denied any wrong-doing and says the inquiry is politically motivated. |
| If they have real evidence, the investigation would not have taken more than 10years Avigdor Lieberman Profile: Avigdor Lieberman | |
| A final decision on whether to press charges will now be taken by Israel's most senior legal official, the attorney general. | A final decision on whether to press charges will now be taken by Israel's most senior legal official, the attorney general. |
| In a statement, Mr Lieberman said: "The police have been chasing me for 13 years now. | In a statement, Mr Lieberman said: "The police have been chasing me for 13 years now. |
| "If they have real evidence, the investigation would not have taken more than 10 years. There is no basis for this indictment." | "If they have real evidence, the investigation would not have taken more than 10 years. There is no basis for this indictment." |
| The accusations are believed to relate to a company run by Mr Lieberman's daughter. | The accusations are believed to relate to a company run by Mr Lieberman's daughter. |
| In April - days after being sworn in as foreign minister - Mr Lieberman faced more than seven hours of police questioning over the allegations against him. | In April - days after being sworn in as foreign minister - Mr Lieberman faced more than seven hours of police questioning over the allegations against him. |
| Outspoken | |
| The appointment of the outspoken Mr Lieberman had already been seen as controversial. | |
| He has previously said that Israel is not bound by a US-sponsored agreement from 2007 to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians, and that Israeli-Arab MPs who met Hamas should be executed like Nazi collaborators after the Nuremburg trials. | |
| Palestinian officials have described him as an "obstacle to peace". | |
| He leads Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home), which is the second-largest party in the governing coalition and the third-largest in parliament. | |
| The party draws much of its support from the one million Jews who came to Israel after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. |