Case 3000

Why Netanyahu's bribery charge remains despite judges' doubts - analysis

The case has unfolded across a decade of investigations, indictments, elections, governments, protest movements, wars, and institutional battles.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026
	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F260603YS37  File Size: 3071 KB  caption (en): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.

Netanyahu to oppose expansion of criminal trial hearing days to five-days-a-week

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026.

'Ten years of hell': Netanyahu finishes testifying after 98 hearings on bribery, fraud charges

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 10, 2025.

KAN broadcast investigates pro-PM campaigns spreading fake news rhetoric around Netanyahu trial


Nationwide protests against Netanyahu continue for 30th consecutive week

Protesters in Ness Ziona reported suffering verbal and physical assaults by Netanyahu's supporters in the city.

Protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Saturday, January 16, 2020.

German prosecutor closes bribery investigation into Submarine Affair

"There is no sufficient suspicion of criminal offenses against specific domestic persons," a spokesperson for the Bochum Public Prosecution Office said.

WILL THE Submarine Affair eventually sink Netanyahu?

Lawyer for Netanyahu tried to ambush judges in his trial - report

Roth explained that the goal of the operation would be either to cause a mistrial or at least to draw a cloud down over the credibility of the trial.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Lawyers Boaz Ben Zur and Amit Hadad arrive to the District Court in Jerusalem for a court hearing as part of the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on December 1, 2020.

Members of committee investigating Submarine Affair announce resignation

The committee was formed by Gantz in November to investigate Netanyahu and his role in Case 3000.

WILL THE Submarine Affair eventually sink Netanyahu?

Anti-Netanyahu submarines sail the Yarkon as protest statue re-erected

The statue depicts an anti-Netanyahu protester waving the Israeli flag as he is blasted by a police water cannon.

Investigate Now protesters call for the investigation of Case 3000 against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by sailing prop submarines on the Yarkon River.

Anti-Netanyahu protesters: Demonstrations to increase during elections

"This is a struggle for Israel's soul."

Anti-Netanyahu protesters gather outside of the Prime Minister's Residence.

A-G to Gantz: Pause Case 3000 probe until I make sure it's okay

The Submarine Affair is an ongoing scandal involving a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG conglomerate over several years.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit talk at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem in 2015.

Committee investigating Submarine Affair to begin proceedings Tuesday

The commission is investigating the procurement of submarines and naval vessels from the German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp.

The Dolphin-class submarine first entered service in 2000

Yair Netanyahu compares Black Flag protestors to ISIS

Caravan participants will later join protests outside of the Prime Minister's Residence.

Protesters gather to drive in a caravan with F-35 and submarine props, demanding an investigation of Benjamin Netanyahu and the submarine affair, Case 3000. November 28, 2020.

Gantz decides to probe Submarine Affair

The committee would not be able to force Netanyahu and his closest associates to testify. It will have four months to draft its report.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset plenum, Oct. 15, 2020