Bennett also defends the prime minister on the submarine deal, amid a series of arrests earlier today including of some people said to be Netanyahu’s associates.
“As a cabinet member who supported the submarine deal, I wish to say that to the best of my knowledge, the motives in approving the deal, formulating it, and advancing it, were solely security [-related],” he says at the start of the Jewish Home faction meeting.
“I have no doubt the prime minister acted in accordance with the law, I give him full support and I am convinced, based on the information I have right now, that there was no fault in his behavior,” Bennett adds.
This morning, police detained six people for questioning, including a number of former senior public officials, suspected of corruption in the potentially fraudulent purchase of naval vessels from Germany.
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