Austria agreed to cooperate with Israel on an investigation into the financing of Israel’s Transportation Minister’s election campaign. Avigdor Lieberman reportedly is suspected of having used Austrian accounts as collateral to finance the campaign of his political party Israel Our Home. Lieberman said Thursday the investigation was part “of an ongoing police campaign against me.”
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