Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz announced tonight (Friday) that they intend to put on the cabinet a proposal to establish a state commission of inquiry that will deal with the purchase of vessels in the navy (known as the submarine affair), this coming Sunday.
Ganz wrote in the joint statement that "the establishment of the commission of inquiry is a necessary step in maintaining Israel's security. This is a national need, and I thank the prime minister, foreign minister, justice minister and all those who support the resolution," and Lapid added. "And we did. The affair of submarines and vessels is the most serious security corruption affair in the history of Israel, and we must turn every stone to reach the investigation of the truth. This is our commitment to IDF soldiers, to the citizens of Israel."
As you may recall, the beginning of the affair was when it was discovered that retired senior members of the navy had received benefits from the German company Tinscrup in exchange for preferring vessels made by the giant metal in tenders. Initially, elements in the political system tried to link the affair with senior members of the political system, but the prosecution only blamed private elements and former officers in the corps, and even closed some of the cases investigated.
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