Bezeq investigation

Bezeq workers installing fiber optic cables. (Courtesy)

From the WebJune 17, 2018, 6:39 pm

Israel’s Bezeq Telecom names David Mizrahi as CEO

Reuters: Mizrahi will replace Stella Handler, who will step down next month amid a police investigation into the telecom firm's managers and controlling shareholder

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a tour of the Jerusalem Police headquarters at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, October 7, 2015. (GPO)

June 13, 2018, 2:25 pm

Netanyahu ‘blindsided’ by police with surprise submarine probe questioning

Source says investigators wanted to catch PM off-guard by making him believe that he would be questioned on Bezeq case, and not probe in which close confidants are implicated

By Raoul Wootliff

The offices of Bezeq, the country's largest telecom group. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

April 29, 2018, 2:59 pm

New Bezeq board seen putting telecom firm on better governance track

At shareholders meeting last week, distribution of cash dividends to total NIS 368 million ($103 million) was also approved

By Shoshanna Solomon

April 23, 2018, 1:17 pm

Bezeq directors vote seen crucial to put troubled telecom firm back on track

Power struggle between controlling shareholder and institutional investors will determine makeup of board that will take the company forward

By Shoshanna Solomon

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz. (Judiciary of Israel)

April 16, 2018, 12:36 am

WhatsApp judge in Bezek probe found guilty of unbecoming behavior

Ronit Poznansky-Katz's punishment to be announced at later date; Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court grants extension of a gag order in Bezeq graft probe until May 31

By Raoul Wootliff

Shlomo Filber, director-general of the Communications Ministry, arrives for extension of his remand in Case 4000 at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Letzion, February 18, 2018. (Flash90)

April 12, 2018, 8:39 pm

State’s witness resigns from Communications Ministry

Shlomo Filber, who admitted to criminal offenses, to get two months' pay and full severance and pension

By TOI staff

Shaul Elovitch arrives at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for extension of his remand in Case 4000, February 22, 2018. (Flash90)

April 10, 2018, 10:13 am

The prisoner’s dilemma of Bezeq shareholders

The battle over the composition of Bezeq’s board of directors, which is planned to come to a head at the shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 26, is fascinating

By Shirin Herzog

The headquarters of the Israel Police's Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in Lod. (Flash90)

March 29, 2018, 12:40 pm

Man arrested for calling suspects in Bezeq probe, giving them false information

Tel Aviv resident said to have impersonated police investigator, told suspects he has proof of unfair probe that could lead to their acquittal

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former spokesman Nir Hefetz (foreground) and Bezeq controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch attend a remand hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)

March 9, 2018, 10:27 am

Ex-Netanyahu confidant reportedly agrees to confront PM and his wife

Nir Hefetz's testimony thought to be vital in Case 4000 probe of alleged graft involving Netanyahu and Shaul Elovitch, owner of Bezeq and Walla

By TOI staff

March 7, 2018, 12:33 pm

Bezeq cuts dividend payments, appoints interim directors

Controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch and his son Or, who are embroiled in corruption probe, resign from board

By Shoshanna Solomon

Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations annual mission in Jerusalem on February 20, 2018. (Avi Hayoun / Conference of Presidents)

March 6, 2018, 4:17 pm

Police chief defends deals to let suspects turn state’s witness

After former Netanyahu aide Hefetz agrees to testify against PM, commissioner Roni Alsheich says goal is to fight corruption, not just notch convictions

By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)

March 6, 2018, 10:58 am

The Big Skim: 9 things for your March 6

A state's witness spills fresh dirt on the Netanyahus, but his credentials are questioned; Trump opens doors for better or worse, and an ex-aide careens from defiance to acceptance

By Joshua Davidovich

Former media adviser to the prime minister Nir Hefetz arrives for a remand hearing in Case 4000 at the Tel Aviv District Court, February 22, 2018 (Flash90)

March 5, 2018, 9:46 pm

Netanyahu said to favor son’s opinion in defiance of security chiefs – report

PM's former confidant Nir Hefetz, who turned state's witness, reportedly says Yair prompted decisions that 'harmed Israel's national interests'; premier rejects claim as 'nonsense'

By TOI staff

Culture Minister Miri Regev arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

March 5, 2018, 8:46 pm

Netanyahu allies unfazed by latest confidant to turn on PM

Likud's Regev and Steinitz say probe must be allowed to run its course; Jewish Home's Bennett: State's witness is a 'procedural component of an investigation'

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Nir Hefetz (L) as Head of the National Information Directorate arrive at the weekly cabinet meeting held in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. Sunday, Dec 27, 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

March 5, 2018, 5:57 pm

Hefetz ‘wouldn’t take a bullet’ for PM, associates say

Media adviser turned state's witness 'believes the Netanyahu era is over,' will evade prison term and fine in return for testifying

By TOI staff