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


Prosecution threatens to nix immunity deal for key Submarine case witness

Ganor is the former sales representative of Thyssenkrupp Israel, a German company involved with selling Israel nuclear submarines.

MIKI GANOR, ThyssenKrupp’s representative in Israel, waits at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Is the submarine affair about to sink?

Key witness Miki Ganor wants to retract testimony in Case 3000, even though prosecutors assert his actions won't change the case.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port

Court extends detention of key witness in submarine affair

Miki Ganor, who testified in Case 3000, may loose partial immunity if he changes his testimony.

MIKI GANOR, ThyssenKrupp’s representative in Israel, waits at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Moshe Ya’alon goes on the attack: Benjamin Netanyahu may be a traitor

The Likud Party hit back at the attack, saying the Blue and White Party crossed a redline.

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2016

Netanyahu: I didn’t earn a single shekel from the submarines deal

Netanyahu also attacked Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, saying leading the country “is not for them,” because they do not understand the Iranian threat.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port

High Court to comptroller c'tee: Rethink forcing Netanyahu to pay for his own legal defense

Previously, the committee rejected Netanyahu's request to receive the donations and ordered him to return $300,000 to donors which he had received without the committee's approval.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, March 10th, 2019

A-G analyzing potential link between Netanyahu and ‘Submarine Affair’

In February the State Comptroller indirectly revealed a new potential piece to Case 3000 that the police had not investigated.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – if they go to trial, how will his corruption trials end?

High Court rejects NGO petition to make Netanyahu a suspect in Case 3000

'The Submarine Affair' involved a deal with Germany over nuclear submarines in which certain top defense officials and Netanyahu officials allegedly illegally skimmed off the top.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out of the 'Rahav,' the fifth submarine in the navy's fleet, in 2017

Netanyahu's brother-in-law blasts Mandelblit for timing of indictment

"I am angry at Mandelblit," Ben-Artzi stated. "Why publish it a month before the election? I expected him to make a different decision, but apparently he could not withstand the pressure."

Dr. Hagai Ben-Artzi (left) and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit (right)

PM blasts comptroller for denying access to funds for legal defense

State Comptroller Joseph Shapira is set to decide whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can accept donations from high-profile allies to pay for his legal defense in his corruption cases.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem