Police are set to announce their recommendations for indictments in the so-called Case 3000, on the purchase on naval submarines, Hadashot news reports.
According to the report, Netanyahu’s longtime adviser Yitzchak Molcho will not face trial.
But police will recommend that the prime minister’s attorney and cousin, David Shimron, be charged in the case, along with several others, the network reports.
Netanyahu’s lawyers and advisers David Shimron (L) and Yitzhak Molcho (R). (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90 and Michal Fattal/Flash90)
The investigation involves suspicions that state officials were paid bribes to influence a decision to purchase four patrol boats and three Dolphin-class submarines from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp, costing a total of 2 billion euros, despite opposition to the deal by the Defense Ministry.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you, David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 15, 2018
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
