Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid casts the detention of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close associates as a “step up” in the submarines corruption probes.
Speaking ahead of his weekly faction meeting, Lapid says he predicted these events, adding that Netanyahu will be questioned in the affair next.
“There is no scenario, no situation in which Prime Minister Netanyahu is not summoned for questioning in the submarines affair,” he says.
Netanyahu is not a suspect in the affair, dubbed Case 3000, but is widely expected to give police testimony.
Lapid links the submarines affair to a bill approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday to restrict police recommendations for indictment.
The bill is designed to protect Netanyahu and is being spearheaded by the prime minister, he charges.
What happened in the ministerial meeting yesterday was “criminal behavior,” he alleges.
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