New Arrests in Israel’s Submarine Scandal, and New Questions on Netanyahu
Also arrested was a former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council; Mr. Netanyahu appointed him to lead the council,
but he did not take the post because of an investigation into another matter.
But with his personal lawyer, the man he appointed as national security adviser, and now his former chief of staff among the expanding parade of suspects, analysts and critics assert
that if Mr. Netanyahu did not know what was going on, he should have.
David Sharan, who was Mr. Netanyahu’s chief of staff from late 2014 to 2016, was arrested on Sunday in connection
with the case, along with a former Navy chief and a former commander of the elite naval commandos.
In yet another complication for Mr. Netanyahu, a court order resulting from a reporter’s petition forced him this week to reveal the frequency
and times of his telephone conversations with the former editor of Israel Hayom and its backer, the American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
4, 2017
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not a suspect in the so-called submarine affair, one of the corruption scandals rocking Israel.
