Submarine Case Resurfaces in New Election Headache for Netanyahu
- Israeli prime minister denies any wrongdoing in graft case
- Bribery allegations have ensnared members of his inner circle
Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a speech during a ceremony for the arrival of the German-made INS Rahav, the fifth Israeli Navy submarine, at the Israeli military port of Haifa.
Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
Benjamin Netanyahu should have been on a tear. Polls were boding well, and just weeks before April 9 elections, Donald Trump handed the prime minister a long-sought coup by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over a strategic plateau captured from Syria in 1967.
But new discoveries concerning the one corruption scandal Netanyahu has managed to dodge in his current term -- a controversial $2 billion deal for submarines and corvettes that has ensnared members of his innermost circle -- has thrust the case and his possible involvement back in the public eye less than three weeks before Israel’s vote.