Documents show German submarine sale to Egypt required Israeli approval

Israel’s contractual approval of Germany’s sale of submarines to Egypt was required in order for ThyssenKrupp to complete the agreement with Egypt, document obtained by Yedioth Ahronoth showed. This is causing a controversy in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had denied responsibility for “approving” the sale and said it was not Israel’s decision. As mentioned in our issue on Thursday, Israeli defense officials had objected to the agreement. Israel is particularly concerned about the most recent sale of the submarines because they “were equal in capabilities to those sold to Israel.”