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‘It’s not a reform, it’s a pogrom’: Former AG chastises planned judicial upheaval

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:37:35 +0000

Yehuda Weinstein, who served under Netanyahu for 6 years, says he opposes all parts of plan; justice minister, Supreme Court chief meet for first time since trading public barbs

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AG to discuss claim that Liberman offered $100,000 to kill senior cop 20 years ago

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:00:35 +0000

Finance minister suggests Netanyahu behind 'baseless' claim; legal experts say investigation unlikely; police official has called bizarre allegations 'odd, bordering on outlandish'

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Former activist claims Liberman offered him $100,000 to kill a cop; he vows to sue

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:48:24 +0000

Finance minister and Yisrael Beytenu chief dismisses series of bizarre claims, including that he aided terror groups, engaged in secret Congo deals; alleges Netanyahu involvement

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Report: AG asked officials to alter reasoning for dismissal of case against him

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:47:29 +0000

TV news says Mandelblit twice asked that grounds of closure be changed from 'lack of evidence' to 'lack of guilt' -- first of predecessor, then again of subordinate state attorney

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How an indicted Netanyahu put his attorney general on trial

Fri, 22 May 2020 08:42:52 +0000

As his corruption trial begins, the PM's supporters go on the offensive and Avichai Mandelblit finds himself embroiled once more in a decade-old scandal

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Right-wing pundit reads out gagged Harpaz affair transcripts at Likud gathering

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:18:44 +0000

Boaz Golan expected to face criminal action for ignoring court order, as Netanyahu supporters seek to bring 2010 scandal back into limelight

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Netanyahu calls for release of decade-old ‘Harpaz affair’ transcripts

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:16:30 +0000

As right-wing pundits accuse Attorney General Mandelblit of a 'military conspiracy' to unseat the prime minister, Likud leaders seek to bring 2010 scandal back into the limelight

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New recordings resurface questions over Mandelblit’s role in Harpaz affair

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:12:55 +0000

Right-wing daily alleges decade-long anti-Netanyahu 'conspiracy' after report says AG, then the top army lawyer, helped then-IDF chief Ashkenazi hinder investigators in 2010

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Likud’s Gal Hirsch, who was nominated for top cop, accused of massive tax fraud

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:13:18 +0000

Four-year investigation into former IDF general, long panned by him as politically motivated, clears him of bribery suspicions in Georgia business deals

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Netanyahu’s son says his father appointed an AG to exonerate Liberman in 2009

Thu, 30 May 2019 08:15:55 +0000

Yair Netanyahu appears to make shocking admission on Twitter; Yehuda Weinstein denies 'nonsense' claim he was appointed at Yisrael Beytenu chief's demand

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Comptroller ‘disgusted’ by Gallant’s attacks on former AG, ombudsman

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:48:42 +0000

Yosef Shapira defends Yehuda Weinstein, Micha Lindenstrauss after Likud minister claims they were extorted into preventing him from getting IDF chief job in 2011

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TV: AG believes it his ‘duty to the public’ to rule on PM probes before election

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:31:41 +0000

Avichai Mandelblit has reportedly ruled out closing cases against Netanyahu, has conferred with former top legal officials who all agreed with his position on timing of decision

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Ex-general Gal Hirsch, a probed almost-police chief, enters politics

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:16:20 +0000

Hirsch, whose 2015 bid to lead force was nixed over criminal suspicions, says he'll join right-wing party with social agenda; police minister wants Likud spot reserved for him

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State closes one of its probes into former general who was top cop nominee

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 21:31:45 +0000

Prosecution tells Gal Hirsch it is ending investigations into dubious contract for mine clearing; other probe still ongoing

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Netanyahu accuses media of spreading ‘Bolshevik propaganda’ against his family

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 01:13:06 +0000

PM lashes out at reports quoting PMO officials concerned over lavish, allegedly illicit spending by his wife, including an alleged $6,000 mini-bar bill paid for by the state

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