Likud: Gantz, media propagating lies about Netanyahu in submarine affair

In his interviews with Channel 12, Channel 13 and Ynet this evening, Blue and White party chief Benny Gantz repeatedly raised concerns over the so-called submarine affair, and allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have earned millions of shekels through his business connections with German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp.

Likud responds: “Gantz and his supporters in the media continue to propagate a false claim against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The submarines were bought for the benefit of Israel’s security and prime minister Netanyahu did not earn a single shekel for the purchase.

“All actions related to the prime minister were reported as necessary to the relevant authorities, as were his holdings,” it says. “All of the materials… were examined by the attorney general who determined that Netanyahu is not suspected of anything.”