Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has been questioned by police over the so-called submarine scandal, Channel 2 reports.
The TV report says that the investigation currently does not involve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but concerns people close to him.
The case, known as case 3000 deals with the submarine affair, in which Netanyahu’s personal lawyer David Shimron is suspected of having a possible conflict of interest in representing German shipbuilder Thyssenkrup while it was selling Israel naval vessels.
Ya’alon was ousted as defense minister last year, in part over disagreements with Netanyahu over the purchase of new submarines.
The TV says the questioning focused on three issues.
The first involves the apparent changing of a tender for naval vessels to suit Thyssenkrup.
The second issue is the decision by Netanyahu to purchase three new submarines, despite the disagreement of Ya’alon over the necessity.
Thirdly, he was asked about the decision by Netanyahu to purchase two anti-submarine craft despite the defense establishment not having a previous discussion about it.
The deals for patrol boats and submarines came under intense scrutiny after it emerged that Shimron also served in an advisory capacity for ThyssenKrupp, the German shipbuilder awarded the contracts for building Israel’s submarines and naval attack boats.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in the Knesset plenum hall on March 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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