JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's State Attorney has ordered the opening of a criminal investigation into the awarding of a maritime procurement contract, the Justice Ministry said on Monday.
In December, Israeli lawyers had planned to petition the Supreme Court to intervene over the awarding of a defence contract to Germany's ThyssenKrupp, amid allegations of a conflict of interest involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's own lawyer.
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