Amid navy graft probe, justice minister calls for ‘putting the house in order’

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is a lone voice on the Israeli right to speak out critically after police recommended indictments earlier today in the “Case 3000” naval acquisitions graft probe against multiple confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The defense minister told me a few months ago he will set up an inter-ministerial committee to examine the whole issue of defense acquisitions and how they are managed in the Defense Ministry,” Shaked says at a law conference in Haifa.

“It seems we haven’t looked into this for several years, so it’s time to put the house in order.”

Of the suspects in the case, she says “it’s disappointing to see this happen, but I don’t like to convict someone [without a trial].” She insists the decision to purchase the German vessels that were the subject of the police probe was not affected by the alleged bribery.