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Bibi Tours

Ari Harow (R) sits next to his predecessor as chief of staff Gil Sheffer (L) seen during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 9, 2014. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
August 5, 2017, 4:58 pm
Ari Harow’s parents say his woes part of plot to topple PM
Netanyahu’s ex-top aide turned state’s witness ‘is one of the most honorable, trustworthy people I know,’ says his mother. ‘He was close to Bibi because Bibi knew he could trust him’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by former chief of staff Ari Harow, left, and former parliamentary adviser Perach Lerner, right, as he arrives at a Likud faction meeting in the Israeli parliament, November 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 5, 2017, 4:46 am
Ari Harow, the man who could bring down the prime minister
The US-born Netanyahu confidant and former chief of staff has signed an agreement to testify against his old boss
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset during a vote on two-week delay in opening the new public broadcaster, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2017, 9:46 am
Cops question another US businessman in Netanyahu probe — report
Spencer Partrich, who jointly owns Jerusalem property with PM, interrogated in ongoing corruption investigation
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, sit aboard a plane at Ben Gurion Airport on on 24 August 2009 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
February 7, 2017, 12:22 am
New corruption allegations over flights costs leveled against PM
Nearly half of journeys taken by Netanyahu when he was finance minister were double billed, says Channel 10
By Sue Surkes
Then-Cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit (L) seen with then-Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (R) during the weekly government conference at PM Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on January 31, 2016. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
May 26, 2016, 10:28 pm
A-G defends predecessor’s handling of Netanyahu probe
Mandelblit dismisses accusations that Yehuda Weinstein dragged his feet in investigating alleged wrongdoing by PM
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his dog Kaia at the PM's residence in Jerusalem in December, 2015. (Facebook)
May 25, 2016, 1:42 pm
As watchdog barks at Netanyahu, some see toothlessness
After a state report on travel financing dings the prime minister, part of the press chews out those in charge for not sinking their fangs in, while a tabloid shows what going easy really means
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on May 22, 2016. Emil Salman/POOL)
May 25, 2016, 1:48 am
PM: Media reports on comptroller findings ‘radically biased’
Netanyahu says Israeli news outlets ‘ignore basic facts’ in coverage of watchdog report on alleged irregularities in his travel expenses
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, May 17, 2015. (Dudi Vaknin/Pool)
May 24, 2016, 10:38 pm
Judicial official denies that former A-G sabotaged ‘Bibi Tours’ probe
Source hits back at opposition MK’s claim over comptroller’s investigation into suspected irregularities in Netanyahu travel expenses
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, confers with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2016, 8:58 pm
A-G vows urgent inquiry into watchdog’s allegations on PM expenses
Mandelblit: Claims that foreign groups funded family travel expenses when Netanyahu was finance minister ‘must be inspected without delay’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara board their flight back to Israel after their visit to Washington, on November 11, 2015. (Photo by Haim Zach / GPO)
May 24, 2016, 7:37 pm
PM: Report shows ‘Bibi Tours’ mountain on foreign trips is just a molehill
Comptroller finds Netanyahu ‘behaved exactly like other ministers,’ PM’s office claims; opposition decries ‘moral decay’
By ToI Staff
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira (R) hands the State Comptroller's annual report to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on May 24, 2016. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
May 24, 2016, 5:39 pm
PM’s associates, ex-AG sabotaged original ‘Bibi Tours’ probe, charges MK
Weinstein worked to ‘plaster over affair, drag feet and sabotage comptroller’s work,’ claims Zionist Union’s Yoel Hasson
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, sit aboard a plane at Ben Gurion Airport on on 24 August 2009 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
May 24, 2016, 4:00 pm
Comptroller: Private donors, groups funded Netanyahu family trips, travel expenses
Watchdog’s report covers current premier’s stint as finance minister in 2003-2005, says he never cleared payments with Knesset; PM denies criminal conduct
By Marissa Newman
May 24, 2016, 3:00 pm
For Netanyahu, papers spy turbulence ahead
The PM, flying high just a few days ago, is seen as buckling up ahead of a damning report on his travel expenses
By Joshua Davidovich
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in December 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 15, 2016, 6:36 pm
State comptroller grills PM over ‘Bibi Tours’ affair
Netanyahu reportedly called for meet with Yosef Shapira over alleged double-billing of foreign trips during his stint at Treasury
By ToI Staff
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in December 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 7, 2016, 7:01 pm
PM to be questioned over ‘Bibi Tours’ affair
Netanyahu faces comptroller over alleged double-billing of overseas trips when finance minister; one report says he initiated hearing next week
By Tamar Pileggi
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