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The former prime minister was questioned, but not named as a suspect, in the scandal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2017\/07\/14\/israel-germany-submarine-deal-in-jeopardy-amid-widening-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">referred to as Case 3000<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cabinet authorized establishing a state investigation into the case by vote. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett abstained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe processes for defense acquisitions in this government are clean of outside considerations,\u201d Bennett said at the start of Sunday\u2019s Cabinet meeting. \u201cOur sole consideration is the security of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state commission of inquiry has sweeping authority to investigate and summon witnesses, and its recommendations typically guide government policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nitzan Horowitz, Israel\u2019s health minister and a Cabinet member, said the government investigation \u201cis a critical step in the fight against corruption and is essential for the defense establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approval of a state investigation came more than a year after Defense Minister Benny Gantz authorized a probe into Netanyahu\u2019s role in the affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gantz said on Twitter after the vote that launching the investigation is of \u201cthe highest security need, and a clear message that you cannot play with Israel\u2019s defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called the matter \u201cthe most serious corruption scandal in Israel\u2019s history.\u201d Anti-Netanyahu protesters who demonstrated outside his Jerusalem residence until his ouster from office last year had called for an investigation into his role in the submarine scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu is currently on trial in three other corruption cases and has denied any wrongdoing. 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