Yesh Atid MK Ofer Shelah, a member of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, is among the first opposition politicians to respond to the police recommendation announced earlier today to indict several close associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the “Case 3000” probe of alleged corruption in the Defense Ministry’s purchase of German naval vessels in recent years.
Investigators said Thursday they had concluded the investigation and recommended indictments against Netanyahu’s former personal attorney David Shimron, his former chief of staff David Sharan and his former deputy national security adviser Avriel Bar-Yosef, among others.
“If Netanyahu didn’t know, that’s very serious,” says Shelah. “If he knew, that’s even more serious. The people closest to the prime minister handled large amounts of money linked to Israel’s most sensitive defense acquisition, while they served him in his political, personal and strategic dealings. You don’t need a judicial process to see what every Israeli sees here.”
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