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High Court said to pause ‘submarine affair’ inquiry until further notice
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
The High Court of Justice has placed a temporary injunction pausing the State Commission of Inquiry into the so-called submarine affair, the Maariv news site reports.
Justice Alex Stein places the injunction until the court comes to a different decision, the report says.
The commission, formed under former premier Naftali Bennett in 2022, has spent nearly three years probing submarine and naval vessel purchases that occurred under a previous Netanyahu government.
Israel purchased the vessels from German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp in a series of murky deals worth some $2 billion that have been under scrutiny for possible corruption and bribery.
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