Associated Press reporters*
Israel’s Cabinet has approved a state investigation into the purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany, a case that has embroiled close confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The scandal surrounds a possible conflict of interest and bribery involving the £1.5 billion purchase of naval vessels from Germany’s Thyssenkrupp that implicated some of Mr Netanyahu’s closest associates.
The former prime minister was questioned, but not named as a suspect, in the scandal, referred to in Hebrew as “Case 3000”.
The Cabinet authorised the state investigation by vote. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett abstained.
“The processes for defence acquisitions in this government are clean of outside considerations,” Mr Bennett said. “Our sole consideration is the security of Israel.”
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