Attorney David Shimron, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s attorney, was released from house arrest on erev Shabbos and he took off on Sunday, 23 Tammuz, for a family vacation in the United States.

Shimron was one of the persons questioned by police in the ongoing investigation into Israel’s purchase of submarines from Germany. The probe surrounds alleged fraud, breach of trust, tax evasion, money laundering and other white-collar charges.

Attorney Amit Hadad, who is representing Shimron, told the media last week, “Despite the complicated situation from a personal and professional standpoint, attorney Shimron feels a measure of relief for finally, he has been permitted to tell his version of the events and present his perspective to law-enforcement officials”.

He states his client cooperated with police fully and will continue doing so whenever called upon by police in the future.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)