February 27, 2015
9:53 pm

Menny Naftali, former caretaker at the Prime Minister's Residence, on February 4, 2015 (photo credit: Flash90)

Home of PM’s ex-custodian reportedly burgled

Menny Naftali says intruders at his Afula residence were looking for documents

By Justin Jalil, Times of Israel staff and AFP

February 27, 2015
12:18 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 22, 2015. (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

A-G to probe spending abuse claims at PM’s residences, but only after elections

Top legal official says no suspicion of misconduct by PM; investigation must wait because it wouldn’t be completed by March 17

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

February 26, 2015
6:28 am

State prosecution to recommend wider probe into PM spending

A-G convenes high-level meeting to consider allegations of financial improprieties at Netanyahu’s residence

By Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2015
1:07 am

Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara participate in a ceremony for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 66th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem. May 06, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster / Flash90, illustrative)

PM’s wife threatens mag with lawsuit

Amid spending scandal, Sara Netanyahu demands women’s fashion weekly postpone feature spread about her until after election

By Avi Lewis

February 24, 2015
4:49 am

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Chicago. (photo credit: AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

On foreign policy, Jeb Bush navigates between brother and father

Prospective GOP candidate brings staffers from both administrations on board, sending mixed messages on his philosophy

By Ron Kampeas

February 21, 2015
9:55 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his wife, Sara, in an undated photo (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/Flash90, File)

Netanyahus’ lawyer rejects claims of criminal wrongdoing

Attorney hired by PM tells A-G there is no basis to suspicions of criminal abuse of public funds at official residence

By Times of Israel staff

February 20, 2015
8:42 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet sercretary Avichai Mandelblit and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (left to right) at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 2014. (Photo credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

A-G may decide Sunday whether to order probe into PM’s spending

TV report says investigation of alleged ‘low level’ criminal abuse of funds at PM’s residence ‘inescapable’, PM and wife may be called to testify

By Times of Israel staff

February 20, 2015
5:50 pm

Menny Naftali, the former Prime Minister's Residence manager, seen during a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2015. (Photo credit: Flash90)

PM’s ex-caretaker gives 11 hours police testimony on alleged spending abuse

A-G will have to decide not only whether to order probe of Netanyahu but, significantly, whether to do so before March 17 election

By Times of Israel staff

February 20, 2015
11:31 am

Former PM household caretaker testifies overnight with police

Menny Naftali speaks to fraud unit about Netanyahu, wife’s alleged financial impropriety at official residence; PM hires lawyer

By Times of Israel staff

February 17, 2015
10:11 pm

An Israeli flag flutters among flowers outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015, hours after a fatal attack there. (photo credit: AFP/ODD ANDERSEN)

Israeli calls to Europe’s Jews seen as part of long tradition

Community has mixed reactions to immigration drive following attacks, but Jerusalem, seeing itself as refuge, unapologetic

By Laurent Lozano

February 4, 2015
7:17 pm

Children mark Gush Katif Day at a school in Elad (photo credit: courtesy/Friends of Gush Katif)

A decade after Gaza disengagement, schools mark ‘expulsion’

Enshrined in law, the Gush Katif Commemoration Center has sent out 800 unauthorized educational kits lamenting withdrawal

By Elhanan Miller

February 1, 2015
5:30 am

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and owner Robert Kraft are all smiles after beating the Indianapolis Colts, January 2015. (photo credit: Elsa/Getty Images/via JTA)

In Super Bowl matchup, Pats have Israel connections covered

Tom Brady shoots at an IDF range, PMO guards try to dismantle the championship trophy, and scrappy NE players embrace their heritage

By Lazar Berman

January 29, 2015
3:18 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a state memorial ceremony for late prime minister Ariel Sharon on January 29, 2015 at the family's Sycamore Ranch, in the southern Negev desert (photo credit: AFP/GIL COHEN MAGEN)

Netanyahu blames Iran for recent Hezbollah attacks

At memorial service for predecessor Ariel Sharon, prime minister lashes out at emerging nuclear deal with Tehran

By Judah Ari Gross

January 19, 2015
7:05 pm

IDF Paratroopers on board a C-130 Hercules, equipped with gear pouch and ready to be linked to a static line in the plane on January 17, 2012 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

59 years after last combat use, why do Israel’s paratroopers need new chutes?

The IDF is introducing the Stork, a US-made parachute that’s safer, can carry more weight and affords a gentler landing. But who jumps out of planes in modern warfare anyway?

By Mitch Ginsburg

December 29, 2014
11:07 am

An Israeli soldier at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 28, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The tale of 2014, told in 14 Times of Israel stories

In a year of many lows and a few highs, Times of Israel writers brought you reports on everything from diplomatic gambits to doctors treating terrorists to light rail fears to a remote community of Jews in Uganda

By Joshua Davidovich

Topic: Ariel Sharon

Home of PM’s ex-custodian reportedly burgled

Menny Naftali says intruders at his Afula residence were looking for documents

A-G to probe spending abuse claims at PM’s residences, but only after elections

Top legal official says no suspicion of misconduct by PM; investigation must wait because it wouldn’t be completed by March 17

State prosecution to recommend wider probe into PM spending

A-G convenes high-level meeting to consider allegations of financial improprieties at Netanyahu’s residence

PM’s wife threatens mag with lawsuit

Amid spending scandal, Sara Netanyahu demands women’s fashion weekly postpone feature spread about her until after election

On foreign policy, Jeb Bush navigates between brother and father

Prospective GOP candidate brings staffers from both administrations on board, sending mixed messages on his philosophy

Netanyahus’ lawyer rejects claims of criminal wrongdoing

Attorney hired by PM tells A-G there is no basis to suspicions of criminal abuse of public funds at official residence

A-G may decide Sunday whether to order probe into PM’s spending

TV report says investigation of alleged ‘low level’ criminal abuse of funds at PM’s residence ‘inescapable’, PM and wife may be called to testify

PM’s ex-caretaker gives 11 hours police testimony on alleged spending abuse

A-G will have to decide not only whether to order probe of Netanyahu but, significantly, whether to do so before March 17 election

Former PM household caretaker testifies overnight with police

Menny Naftali speaks to fraud unit about Netanyahu, wife’s alleged financial impropriety at official residence; PM hires lawyer

Israeli calls to Europe’s Jews seen as part of long tradition

Community has mixed reactions to immigration drive following attacks, but Jerusalem, seeing itself as refuge, unapologetic

A decade after Gaza disengagement, schools mark ‘expulsion’

Enshrined in law, the Gush Katif Commemoration Center has sent out 800 unauthorized educational kits lamenting withdrawal

In Super Bowl matchup, Pats have Israel connections covered

Tom Brady shoots at an IDF range, PMO guards try to dismantle the championship trophy, and scrappy NE players embrace their heritage

Netanyahu blames Iran for recent Hezbollah attacks

At memorial service for predecessor Ariel Sharon, prime minister lashes out at emerging nuclear deal with Tehran

59 years after last combat use, why do Israel’s paratroopers need new chutes?

The IDF is introducing the Stork, a US-made parachute that’s safer, can carry more weight and affords a gentler landing. But who jumps out of planes in modern warfare anyway?

The tale of 2014, told in 14 Times of Israel stories

In a year of many lows and a few highs, Times of Israel writers brought you reports on everything from diplomatic gambits to doctors treating terrorists to light rail fears to a remote community of Jews in Uganda

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