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Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 11:05 pm
Sale of Channel 13 to government critic approved; minister calls decision ‘unlawful’
Acquisition of major commercial channel is at center of political, legal fight, after communications minister’s apparent efforts to stymie the deal were blocked by High Court
By Jeremy Sharon
Yifat Ben Hai Segev arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on December 13, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 2:16 pm
Government-appointed media regulatory body chief resigns, citing court freeze on tenure
Ben Hai Segev says ‘silence is complicity’ with High Court ruling against Second Authority appointments. Petitioners allege she was appointed to thwart media buyout by government critics
By Jeremy Sharon
A reporter from Channel 13, seen February 22, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 13, 2026, 8:58 pm
Tech group led by Wiz CEO acquires Channel 13: ‘Israel deserves an independent news channel’
Group says they’re planning on ‘leading digital innovation and establishing a unifying, Zionist, Israeli consensus’; rival bid from Netanyahu supporter had worried government critics
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 11, 2026, 7:03 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google completes $32 billion deal to buy Wiz
With the Wiz purchase, Google wants to bolster its AI cyber offerings to compete in the cloud race against global tech giants; deal to inject an estimated $3.2b into state coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
March 20, 2025, 11:32 am
From Waze to Wiz: How Google learned to love Israeli tech
The biggest buyout in the country’s history will make the unpretentious Wiz founders multibillionaires, while an estimated $4 billion in taxes is set to flow into national coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
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