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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement, May 13, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
May 14, 2026, 2:48 pm
PM tells court he’s at ‘top of health scale,’ says now-treated cancer diagnosed late 2025
Netanyahu says his wellness in ‘top 10th percentile,’ provides first timeline of prostate tumor, amid defamation lawsuit against journalists who claimed he had pancreatic cancer
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Former Knesset member and Walla editor Yinon Magal delivers a statement to the press outside his home in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2016. (Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 10:09 pm
Right-wing radio host and ex-MK says he’d shoot journalists if he were Netanyahu
Yinon Magal comes under scathing criticism, with police saying they will give recording to prosecution; he claims it was ‘satire’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 1, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via JTA)
June 1, 2020, 8:28 pm
Netanyahu’s life story to be made into series ‘Bibi’
Tel Aviv-based production company to base show on best-selling biography, ‘The Netanyahu Years,’ by journalist Ben Caspit; award-winning screenwriter Kirk Ellis to pen screenplay
By Marcy Oster
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. Netanyahu forced the dissolution of the Knesset that night, after it became clear that he was unable to win the support of Avigdor Liberman and thus could not form a majority coalition. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2019, 9:26 pm
TV series on Netanyahu’s life said in the works
Bestselling biography of premier by journalist Ben Caspit to be adapted for the small screen, Variety reports
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz speaks at a news conference in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 29, 2019, 11:02 pm
Gantz denies report he was treated by psychologist, party to sue journalist
Amid Likud bid to portray Gantz as unstable, Blue and White slams ‘crude and blatant lies’ after Maariv columnist alleges ex-IDF chief saw a therapist following his army retirement
By ToI Staff
A Yesh Atid election campaign poster at the Glilot junction outside Tel Aviv criticizing 'incitement,' designed to look like it is plastered over a Likud poster attacking journalists, January 25, 2019. (Yesh Atid)
January 25, 2019, 9:33 am
Yesh Atid plasters billboard to slam Likud campaign’s ‘incitement’ against press
‘You came to incite — we came to change,’ reads new sign, designed to look as if it is glued over Likud hoarding accusing journalists of seeking to sway elections
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu attacks the media in a video posted to Twitter, January 23, 2019. (screenshot)
January 23, 2019, 10:30 pm
Netanyahu derides Israel’s top 2 TV news stations as ‘propaganda channels’
In fresh attack on media, PM says Channels 12 and 13 seek to ‘brainwash’ public into ousting him, installing ‘left-wing regime’; lawyers demand probe of leaks from investigations
By ToI Staff
An election campaign poster for the Likud party featuring journalists (L-R) Raviv Drucker, Guy Peleg, Amnon Abramovich and Ben Caspit, saying, "They will not decide. You will decide" in central Israel, January 20, 2019. (Twitter)
January 20, 2019, 1:33 pm
Likud proudly claims campaign against journalists who report on Netanyahu cases
PM and his ruling party say they are behind anonymous poster accusing members of the press of seeking to sway elections
By Raoul Wootliff
A screen capture from a video on the Facebook account "they will not decide" depicts journalists (L-R) Raviv Drucker, Guy Peleg, Amnon Abramovich and Ben Caspit. (Screen capture: Facebook)
January 19, 2019, 11:04 pm
‘They will not decide’: Likud said behind billboard targeting journalists
Anonymous poster appears to accuse leading reporters of seeking to sway elections, probes against PM; Meretz tells State Comptroller it violates electoral law
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the foreign press on December 19, 2018 (screen capture: YouTube)
December 23, 2018, 4:49 pm
Netanyahu sues journalist for claiming he approved payment to influence probe
PM slams Ben Caspit for ‘false and baseless’ claims, goes after a member of the Maariv writer’s family over a 2001 incident
By ToI Staff
Performers on stilts dance for the crowd during the Founders' Anniversary Festival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP/Fernando Antonio)
December 23, 2018, 2:21 pm
Honduras holding talks with Israel over moving embassy to Jerusalem
Tegucigalpa reportedly wants Israel to open an embassy in Honduras and deepen trade relationship in exchange for move; Foreign Ministry says negotiations still in early stage
By Michael Bachner and Joshua Davidovich
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen at the Jerusalem Supreme Court on December 29, 2015. (Photo by Emil Salman/POOL)
January 30, 2018, 9:19 pm
State Prosecution closes probe into Olmert’s memoir leaks
Shai Nitzan says no basis to open criminal investigation into suspicions former PM shared classified information with publisher
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara visits cancer patients and their parents at a protest tent in Jerusalem's Sacher Park on June 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 19, 2017, 5:01 pm
Jerusalem city hall releases records of Sara Netanyahu’s work hours
Court-ordered documents show prime minister’s wife worked average of 57.7 hours a month as educational psychologist
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit Hippos, an archaeological site in Northern Israel, August 15, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 20, 2017, 8:01 pm
Jerusalem ordered to release details about Sara Netanyahu’s employment
Judge partially sides with journalist seeking information on employment terms of PM’s wife as municipal educational psychologist
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Ehud Olmert in 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 19, 2017, 12:56 am
Justice Ministry denies foul play in Olmert publisher raid
Opposition leader Herzog says seizing of manuscripts by Netanyahu critics is ‘unprecedented attack on Israeli democracy,’ demands special Knesset hearing
By Raoul Wootliff
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