ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed today that corruption allegations against him were “biased, extreme” and “full of holes, like Swiss cheese,” after police recommended that he be prosecuted for taking bribes, fraud and breach of trust.

In their recommendations in the so-called File 1,000 case, published late yesterday, detectives said they had evidence that Mr Netanyahu had accepted gifts worth £150,000 from billionaire film producer Arnon Milchan, and £50,000 from Australian media billionaire James Packer.

Mr Netanyahu said his coalition government was stable despite the publication of the police report, with nearly all of his cabinet ministers issuing statements of support.