Posted on 10/11/2017 11:17:38 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
A new report says that Israel asked Germany to extend the length of the submarines it planned on purchasing, spooking the Germans, who surmised that Israel wanted the submarines retrofitted to be compatible with nuclear missiles.
The report, which was the result of an investigation between Ronan Bergman from Yediot Aharonot and the German Die Zeit newspaper, said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel opposed the request and even demanded the opinion of the German intelligence services, which eventually approved the request. Israel was not aware of the behind the scenes drama.
Bergman wrote that the change to make the submarines nuclear compatible can explain why Israel's security establishment suddenly supported the expensive submarine acquisition after years of opposing it.
Israel's purchase of the Dolphin submarines have become a controversial issue, as police are looking into a potential conflict of interest charges. The investigation into what is known as Case 3000 began in November after allegations that David Shimron, the personal attorney and second cousin of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, convinced Netanyahu to purchase the subs from ThyssenKrupp rather than through an international tender.
Police suspect a series of crimes was committed surrounding the purchase of three submarines from the German company ThyssenKrupp, including bribery, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering.
Netanyahu currently is not a suspect in Case 3000, police have asserted. However, police have arrested some of the top figures in Israel's political and security establishment, such as former Navy Chief Major General Eliezer Marom, former Israeli navy commando head Shai Brosh, and top associates to Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud).
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The list of things the Mossad is not aware of could be written inside a matchbook with a grease pencil.
PING.
Perfect, just absolutely perfect.
If ever we were to expect a submarine delivered with screen doors....
So that is the German or Israeli definition of a “Conflict of Interest”? Having a relative that is also your attorney lobby on a military matter, that happens to also be Top Secret?
If that definition of lobbying was ever applied truthfully in the US, we might finally be able to drain the swamp!
The corruption case is being driven by the middlemen who got cut out of the deal.
“second cousin of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”
I imagine maybe 10% of Jews are second or third cousins of Netanyahu. It’s a small gene pool.
Did Israel ask Germany to resize submarine for nuclear missiles?
Great idea as I believe the time when they may have to use these type of missiles, unfortunately is not too far down the road.
“I imagine maybe 10% of Jews are second or third cousins of Netanyahu. It’s a small gene pool.”
All Jews (even Ashkenazi and Sephardic) are something like 5th cousins, genetically. So, yes.
I happen to be a literal 4th cousin of Bibi.
Maybe me too, cuz.
Murphy’s Law of Relativity:
If you go back far enough, we’re ALL related.
The other explanation is they resized the submarine to allow for two separate kosher compliant galleys, one for meat and one for milk, a synagogue, and a café.
My guess is that the existing Dolphin subs the Israeli navy has have nuclear tipped SLCM’s.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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It's been my impression all the Dolphins Israel has purchased have been nuclear capable. At least those of the last decade or so, it's an old program. Not sure what the surprise is.
I would love to see the world whine if Trump should approve the sale of a couple of Ohios to the Israelis.
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