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Report: Ya'alon gave testimony to police on acquisition of submarines

According to Channel 2, the former defense minister was asked about the acquisition of naval vessels—including three submarines—from German conglomerate thyssenKrupp amid suspicions of tender bias.

Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon has reportedly gave his testimony to the police as part of the investigation into the decision to acquire submarines and naval vessels for Israel from a German shipyard that the Iranian government owns shares in, according to Channel 2.

 

 

According to the report Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not a suspect in the case.

 

Ya'alon was asked by police investigators about three topics. Primarily, he was asked about suspicions of tender bias in the acquisition of naval vessels to protect Israel's offshore gas drills in favor of the German conglomerate thyssenKrupp, whose representative in Israel were David Shimron, Netanyahu's personal lawyer, and businessman Miki Ganor.

 

Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (Photo: TPS)
Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (Photo: TPS)

 

The second topic he was asked about, according to the report, was the talks on the deal to purchase three submarines for the Israeli Navy, which Ya'alon previously stated he had no knowledge of.

 

Finally, he was asked about the purchase of two anti-submarine warships that Netanyahu sought to acquire without first bringing it to the defense establishment for discussions.

 

Channel 2 also reported that the prime minister is due to be questioned for the third time in the coming days. The report claimed that Netanyahu's lawyers advised him to declare his meetings with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes and the recordings of these meetings were done under their legal council.

 

Mozes himself was questioned again on Tuesday on suspicion he and Netanyahu discussed changing Yedioth’s coverage of the prime minister in returning for weakening rival newspaper Israel Hayom.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.25.17, 10:24
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