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Arnon Milchan

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the courtroom of the Tel Aviv District Court in the trial against him, October 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 24, 2026, 3:04 pm
Netanyahu wraps up trial testimony after 98 hearings across 18 months
PM launches fierce attack on prosecutors, accusing them of politically motivated indictment that put him and his family ‘through hell’ and ‘found nothing’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court for a hearing in his corruption trial, October 28, 2025 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 26, 2025, 7:16 pm
Prosecution presses Netanyahu over his interest in media coverage, Walla news site
Prosecutor focuses on PM’s concern with negative coverage of his wife when meeting with Hollywood mogul, Israel Hayom owners; premier again seeks to cut number of hearings per week
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify at the District Court in Tel Aviv in his corruption trial on September 16, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 18, 2025, 9:10 am
In final day of Case 1000 cross-examination, PM says ex-lawyer’s cancer impacted memory
Prosecutors will now turn to Case 4000, after Monday’s hearing on unrecorded meetings and legal advice PM sought on gifts from moguls
By ToI Staff
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee (R) at the Tel Aviv District Court during the premier's criminal trial on July 16, 2025 (Courtesy via Ohana's spokesman)
July 16, 2025, 1:45 pm
In show of support, US ambassador Huckabee attends Netanyahu’s criminal trial
Envoy says he’s representing what US president has said ‘repeatedly’ about the trial; almost as soon as he arrives, proceedings become closed due to subject matter
By Jeremy Sharon and Nava Freiberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 9, 2025. (Yariv Katz/POOL)
June 9, 2025, 6:26 pm
Netanyahu ridicules state’s claim Milchan’s interests benefited from relationship
Prosecution tries to contend Hollywood mogul was never PM’s true friend and always sought to benefit from their ties; member of public shouts at him to ‘wipe smile off your face’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his cross-examination in the criminal trial against him, June 4, 2025 (Moti Milrod/POOL)
June 4, 2025, 7:26 pm
In cross-examination, PM argues he was a ‘political corpse’ when he befriended Milchan
Netanyahu insists the Hollywood mogul didn’t expect anything from him in exchange for lavish gifts in early 2000s, as Milchan knew he had ‘no intention’ of returning to politics
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Tel Aviv District Court for the ongoing corruption trial against him, on April 22, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 10:09 pm
‘She’d look like a sumo wrestler’: Netanyahu denies wife downed 160 cases of bubbly
Billionaire ally Milchan ‘bathes in champagne,’ PM claims on the stand; protesters in courtroom assail him for ‘abandoning’ Gaza hostages
By ToI Staff
Hadas Klein, a key witness in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, speaks to Channel 12 in a segment aired January 10, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2025, 2:31 am
Key witness in PM’s trial: Sara Netanyahu once threatened to kill herself, blame me
Hadas Klein says she felt vindicated by recent TV report alleging PM’s wife orchestrated smear campaign against her, confirms Herzog visited her in 2017: Felt like ‘a way to fool me’
By ToI Staff
Hadas Klein at the witness stand in the Jerusalem District Court for the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 12, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 9, 2023, 11:21 am
Man arrested for death threat to key witness in Netanyahu’s trial and her family
Holon resident questioned by police social media post about Milchan assistant Hadas Klein, who testified in prime minister’s ongoing corruption trial
By ToI Staff
Hadas Klein arrives at a court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on September 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 8, 2023, 5:32 pm
Key witness in PM’s trial files complaint over death threat against her, her family
Police open probe over tweet against Hadas Klein warning that ‘we will hunt down everyone in her family’
By ToI Staff
Arnon Milchan seen on a screen in the Jerusalem District Court before his testimony in the Netanyahu trial, from Brighton, UK, on July 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 6, 2023, 8:09 pm
On last day of testimony, Milchan reverses himself, says PM did assist with US visa
Questioned for second time by prosecution, key witness in premier’s corruption trial goes back on several claims he made in Netanyahu’s favor during cross-examination
By Jeremy Sharon
Businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial, in Brighton, on July 3, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/Flash90)
July 6, 2023, 3:57 am
Judges in Netanyahu trial to review Milchan’s account to police amid testimony gaps
Court to look at entire testimony of Hollywood mogul to police, as prosecution notes ‘significant gaps’ between what he told police and what he’s been saying on the witness stand
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Army vehicles are seen during an Israeli military raid on the militant stronghold of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 4, 2023, 1:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 4: What we know about ‘Operation Bayit Vagan,’ where it’s headed
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian fills us in on day 2 of the heaviest fighting in Jenin in decades; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on yesterday’s airport protest, Milchan testimony
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu and businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, in Brighton, UK, on June 27, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
July 4, 2023, 3:58 am
Prosecutor: Milchan feels uncomfortable with Sara Netanyahu in room during testimony
Netanyahu’s defense attorney Amit Hadad objects to remarks, says it is ‘illegitimate’ for prosecutors to speak with key witness in fraud case against PM
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial, in Brighton, June 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2023, 12:42 am
In testimony, Milchan denies getting help from Netanyahu on TV merger
Hollywood producer says Sara Netanyahu never complained about not receiving champagne, and says she gave his own wife and kids gifts, contradicting his previous testimony to police
By ToI Staff
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