On the holiest of holies – Annette Großbongardt, Christoph Schult in Der Spiegel:

‘DER SPIEGEL: "Case 3000," as the affair is called in Israel, centers around the sale of submarines and corvettes from the German defense company ThyssenKrupp to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). Witnesses in the defense apparatus claim that Netanyahu and his office put pressure on them to purchase the vessels.
Shraga: The Israeli navy and Defense Ministry did not want those additional submarines at all. The gold standard is five. That is financially sustainable, because the maintenance of submarines is very expensive. Israel's defense budget is limited -- it is like a short blanket with many pulling from the ends. There was tremendous opposition within the defense establishment to the purchase of additional submarines and there was also a decision that the purchase of the corvettes would be made through an international tender. That is why the bribe money served to overcome these obstacles so that Israel would buy super-expensive vessels that it really didn’t need. And it appears that that bribe money is coming from Germany. If our suspicion is proven right, it would mean that our defense force, Israel’s holiest of holies, has been stained by corruption. This would be unforgivable, because it threatens Israel's security.’

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‘DER SPIEGEL: And what does Netanyahu have to do with all this? His former chief of staff has been indicted, but so far he has only been questioned as a witness.
Shraga: Ganor was installed as a representative of ThyssenKrupp only after Netanyahu became prime minister. He is an acquaintance of Netanyahu's personal lawyer, who is also his (the ex-prime minister's) cousin. Ganor's predecessor was forced out, although he had proven his worth for a long time by managing earlier submarine deals. Even though all the previous deals went through ThyssenKrupp and him, suddenly there was a desperate need for a change and for no apparent reason. Our research has revealed that Netanyahu himself had a financial interest in the success of ThyssenKrupp through ownership because he and another cousin of his owned shares in a major subcontractor. At one point, Netanyahu sold his shares in SeaDrift with a profit nearly 10 times more than he had paid. These details only came out after Netanyahu in 2015 pushed for the purchase of three more submarines from Germany against the will of his defense minister. The additional submarine contract alone was worth about 1.5 billion euros.’

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‘DER SPIEGEL: Do you feel you are getting the support of the German political and judicial system in your effort to shed light on the affair? Shraga: No, I do not understand why the public prosecutor in Bochum recently stopped investigations into ThyssenKrupp. The responsible manager at the time was Walter Freitag, who it appears is no longer living in Germany. I think he is trying to avoid having to deal with this issue.’

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‘DER SPIEGEL: German-Israeli relations are extremely sensitive. Can you understand the German caution in the submarine affair at least a little bit? Shraga: I am convinced that the attitude of German chancellors, foremost Angela Merkel, is driven only by good intentions. But goodwill should not block their view on an affair that has harmed taxpayers in both countries massively. Corruption is only good for those few who profit from it and causes harm to everyone else. Many Israelis would be grateful to Germany, if the truth finally came to light.’

Read the interview here.

Money first, survival afterwards.

Lesson one: sell weapons to your friends and sell weapons to the enemies of your friends. Sell slightly more weapons to your friends.

Lesson two: sell your own weapon to the enemy in order to buy better weapons, or in order to buy pot.

Get high and get killed. Get high first, needless to say.