Likud slams opposition’s linking Netanyahu to naval acquisitions graft probe

8 November 2018, 3:43 pm

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The Likud party issues a statement rejecting attempts by opposition lawmakers to link Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the graft suspicions announced by police earlier today against several of the prime minister’s closest confidants in the naval vessel-purchasing corruption probe.

Netanyahu himself is not a suspect in the case.

“The attempts of the left to stick the ‘submarines affair’ on Prime Minister Netanyahu have collapsed in the face of reality,” the party says in a statement.

“We offer our condolences to [Yesh Atid leader Yair] Lapid and [Labor chief Avi] Gabbay, who once again have seen their hopes dashed of replacing Prime Minister Netanyahu by means of false accusations.”