2017年8月3日，以色列警方首次证实内塔尼亚胡涉嫌欺诈，违反信托和贿赂“1000”和“2000”案件的罪行。<ref>{{cite news |author=CBS/AP |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-netanyahu-suspected-bribery-fraud-israel-police |title=Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of bribery, fraud, Israeli police say |trans-title=以色列警方称，本杰明内塔尼亚胡涉嫌贿赂，欺诈 |website=[[CBS新聞]] |language=en |date=2017-08-04 |accessdate=2019-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329074504/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-netanyahu-suspected-bribery-fraud-israel-police/ |archive-date=2019-03-29 |dead-url=no }}</ref> 第二天据报道，总理的前任参谋长阿里哈罗已与检察官签署协议，成为州的证人并在这些案件中对内塔尼亚胡作证。<ref>{{cite news |author=Revital Hovel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.805196 |title=Former Netanyahu Aide Ari Harow Reaches Deal to Become State's Witness |trans-title=前内塔尼亚胡助手阿里哈罗达成协议成为国家的见证人 |website=国土报 |language=en |date=2017-08-04 |accessdate=2019-03-29}}</ref>

2019年2月28日，阿维哈伊·曼德尔卜利特宣布他打算在三起案件中就内塔尼亚胡的贿赂和欺诈指控提出起诉。 内塔尼亚胡将成为以色列历史上首位被指控犯罪的总理。<ref>{{cite news |author=Yuliya Talmazan and Paul Goldman |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571 |title=Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be indicted on corruption charges |trans-title=以色列总理本杰明内塔尼亚胡因腐败指控被起诉 |work=[[NBC新聞]] |language=en |date=2019-02-28 |accessdate=2019-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328174958/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571 |archive-date=2019-03-28 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=中国新闻网 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2019/03-01/8768358.shtml |title=以色列大选在即 以总检察长将以贪腐罪名起诉总理 |work=[[中国新闻社]] |language=zh |date=2019-02-01 |accessdate=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428181641/http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2019/03-01/8768358.shtml |archive-date=2019-04-28 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=新闻记者 南博一 来源：澎湃新闻 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3063980 |title=被总检察长指控贪腐，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡否认并拒绝辞职 |work=The Paper |language=zh |date=2019-03-02 |accessdate=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502163227/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3063980 |archive-date=2019-05-02 |dead-url=no }}</ref>同年11月21日曼德尔卜利特再度確認將正式起訴內塔尼亞胡<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/world/2019-11/22/c_1125262020.htm |title=以色列总理内塔尼亚胡因涉嫌贪腐将被正式起诉 |access-date=2019-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122140802/http://www.xinhuanet.com/world/2019-11/22/c_1125262020.htm |archive-date=2019-11-22 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。