Channel 14 reports that businessman Dudi Appel, former Likud court president and Knesset member Michael Kleiner, and businessmen Yafa and Yitzhak Dayan were detained Wednesday morning on suspicion of involvement in hiding real estate rights and smuggling assets worth millions of shekels.
Channel 14 reported Wednesday morning that businessman Dudi Appel, former Likud court president and MK Michael Kleiner, and businessmen Yafa and Yitzhak Dayan were detained for questioning on suspicion of involvement in a scheme to conceal real estate rights and smuggle assets worth millions of shekels. The report adds the Dayan brothers as detained, following earlier reports that named them as suspects.
The probe first came to light early Wednesday when Israeli media reported that contractor Dudi Appel and the president of the Likud party court were under investigation for economic offenses. Shortly after, N12 journalist Yolan Cohen identified the suspects as Appel, Kleiner, and the Dayan brothers, and reported that the Lahav 433 police unit was handling the case. By 07:58 Jerusalem, the names were cleared for publication by multiple outlets, including i24NEWS, which confirmed the identities. The investigation is being conducted by Lahav 433, as The Zioneer reported.
The case involves allegations of hiding real estate rights and smuggling assets on a scale of millions of shekels. Michael Kleiner is a former Knesset member and currently serves as president of the Likud party court. Dudi Appel is a well-known contractor in the Israeli real estate sector. The investigation is ongoing; no further details have been released, and no charges have been filed.
It remains unclear whether additional suspects are being investigated or whether the case will expand beyond the four individuals currently named. The specific evidentiary basis for the allegations has not been made public.
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