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Israeli Police to Probe Subs Deal Over Netanyahu's Alleged Conflict of Interest

© REUTERS / Ronen Zvulun/File PhotoIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem October 8, 2015.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem October 8, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ordered Israeli police to look into the submarine deal that might have been manipulated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer in favor of a certain German shipbuilder, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Mandelbilt gave the green-light for a preliminary probe into a deal that might have been orchestrated by David Shimron, Netanyahu's personal lawyer, to benefit the German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp after new information on the case had come to the attention of the attorney general, The Times of Israel newspaper reported.

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Big Scandal: Israeli Opposition Slams Netanyahu's Submarine Deal With Germany
On November 1, the prime minister announced that Israel would purchase three submarines from Germany, bringing Israel's submarine fleet up to nine.

Last week, Israeli media reported that Netanyahu’s lawyer David Shimron had been working with the Israeli businessman Mikki Ganor, a key negotiator in the submarine deal, to secure the agreement for ThyssenKrupp and relocate vessel maintenance service from the navy shipyard to them. Netanyahu's press service published a denial of the prime minister's connection to the deal.

Germany’s ThyssenKrupp has previously been accused of bribing officials in Greece, Turkey, South Korea, Pakistan and Indonesia to promote the sale of its submarines, according to German media reports.

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