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Gantz agrees to pause inquiry into sub affair, faces more pressure over budget

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Published: 30 November 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Attorney General wants more time to define terms of the commission of inquiry; Blue and White MKs pressure Gantz to back early election as Netanyahu stalls on budget

Gantz agrees to pause commission of inquiry into submarine affair after request by attorney general (Haaretz)
Commission was to probe corruption allegations regarding purchase of German submarines – a case that plays a central role in Israel's anti-Netanyahu protests

Mandelblit intervenes in coalition crisis over budget (Jerusalem Post)
Gantz tells Netanyahu: Pessimistic on resolving dispute

Netanyahu’s lawyers to court: The charges are fabricated; cancel them (Times of Israel)
Judges set December 6 session to deal with claims by PM’s attorneys, who say investigators used illegitimate tactics on witnesses

Gantz pressured to back early election as Netanyahu stalls on state budget (Haaretz)
Kahol Lavan lawmakers seek to show Netanyahu they won't hesitate to disband the government if the budget for 2020 isn't passed by the December 23 deadline

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Netanyahu ignores IDF generals, runs his own show (Al-Monitor)
BEN CASPIT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considers the Israel Defence Forces chief of staff as an associate of his rival Defence Minister Benny Gantz

Photo: Police move an inflatable submarine during an anti-Netanyahu protest outside Jerusalem, November 28 (Ohad Zwigenberg)
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