Advertisement

Homepage

Ex-Supreme Court president Asher Grunis seen in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis stepped down on Sunday from his role as chairman of the state commission of inquiry into the so-called submarine affair, due to medical reasons.

The affair centers on allegations of a massive bribery scheme in the multibillion-shekel state purchase of naval vessels from German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp in the early 2010s. The case led to a number of indictments against close confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though not the premier himself.

The inquiry is also dealing with the sale of naval vessels by allies of Israel to third-party countries with Israeli approval, which the commission has already found was conducted “in chaos and without clear direction, in a manner that endangered state security.”

0:00 / 0:00

Promoted: JPPI, Rabbi Sharon Brous

In the wake of Grunis’s departure, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit…