Channel 12

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on November 2, 2022, with his wife Sara at his side, as votes are counted in the general elections. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

November 16, 2023, 11:37 pm

Poll finds Netanyahu would be trounced by Gantz were elections held today

Channel 12 wartime survey finds coalition would crash to 45 Knesset seats, opposition bloc would soar to 70; respondents prefer Gantz to Netanyahu, 41-25%

By ToI Staff

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

November 2, 2023, 4:04 am

MK claims libel over report he said settlers’ blood worth more than that of Oct. 7 dead

Channel 12 says Simcha Rothman shocked attendees at Knesset hearing with his words; he insists it never happened

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi during a Knesset debate, July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 1, 2023, 2:31 pm

Dumping regulator, media overhaul may open press to political meddling, experts warn

Under communications minister’s plan, government would control panel set to replace body that licenses broadcast news, in move allegedly aimed at boosting pro-Netanyahu channel

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

On left: Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, right, attends a hearing in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). On right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

August 5, 2023, 7:05 pm

Poll: 51% say coalition must abide by court ruling if it strikes down overhaul law

20% of respondents to Channel 12 survey urge government to ignore such a decision; a third if Israelis considering leaving amid overhaul tensions

By ToI Staff

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 10, 2022 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

June 24, 2023, 8:47 pm

Report: Netanyahu judges also urging mediation in billionaire benefactors case

Meanwhile, after justices reportedly warned prosecution that bribery will be hard to prove, PM’s lawyers pan officials’ ‘hasty, outlandish’ decision to proceed with charge anyway

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a vote in the Knesset on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 16, 2023, 12:58 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 16: No invites abroad for PM; is Israel earthquake-ready?

US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses why Netanyahu isn’t heading to the US or UAE; real estate writer Danielle Nagler on construction reinforcement plans, and Jerusalem art

By ToI Staff

January 28, 2023, 6:35 pm

Palestinian comes forward after Israeli TV misidentifies him as Jerusalem terrorist

‘I did not perform the operation,’ Fadi Ayesh from Bethlehem says on Facebook, after Channel 12 news aired images of him and said he killed seven in Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

An anonymous cameraman secretly films Iranian protesters in Tehran on behalf of Israel's Channel 12, aired October 3, 2022. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

October 4, 2022, 1:58 am

‘Shalom Ohad, I am with the protesters in Iran, filming with a hidden camera’

Israel’s Channel 12 airs footage taken covertly on its behalf at Tehran protests, including interviews with demonstrators; ‘The people no longer want you,’ protester says of regime

By Ash Obel and Agencies

Supporters of Hezbollah attend a televised speech by the Lebanese terror group's leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony to lay the foundation for a site for 'jihadist tourism,' at a camp formerly run by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Lebanon to train Hezbollah fighters, in the Janta region in the east of the country on August 19, 2022. (AFP)

September 10, 2022, 10:35 pm

Report: IDF sees ‘reasonable possibility’ of clash with Hezbollah over gas dispute

Document said by Channel 12 to be drawn up by Northern Command says Iran-backed terror group could seek confrontation to extricate itself from internal problems

By ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of US President Joe Biden, left, speaking with Channel 12 News anchor Yonit Levi at the White House in Washington, in an interview broadcast July 13, 2022. (Channel 12 News)

July 13, 2022, 10:57 pm

US would use force against Iran ‘as last resort,’ Biden tells Israeli TV

President to Channel 12: Trump’s nuke deal exit a ‘gigantic mistake’; a ‘few, wrong’ Dems call Israel apartheid state; Israeli acceptance in region will enable Palestinian progress

By ToI Staff

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi from Monsey, New York, tells Channel 12 News's Rafi Reshef that he does not retract his remarks on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, June 1, 2022. (Channel 12 News)

June 2, 2022, 4:27 pm

NY rabbi says Bennett should be skewered, would welcome Liberman’s death

Israel-born Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi calls PM a ‘devil’ who should be ‘silenced’ by a spear, says finance minister’s death would bring ‘eternal happiness’

By ToI Staff

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a party meeting at the Knesset, on May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 28, 2022, 1:46 am

Netanyahu-led opposition bloc gains ground with voters, nearing majority, poll finds

Survey gives bloc led by ex-PM 59 seats, to current coalition’s 55, with mainly Arab Joint List holding balance; most voters think government will collapse within 6 months

By ToI Staff

A Channel 12 cameraman and reporter follow an IDF soldier into a home in Tel Aviv during the manhunt for the attacker on April 7, 2022. (Screen capture/Channel 12)

April 8, 2022, 5:57 pm

Security forces lash media for terror attack coverage: ‘Turned into a reality show’

Police, IDF and Shin Bet say news broadcasts of manhunt for terrorist in Tel Aviv gave information ‘to the enemy,’ revealed secrets about special forces

By Emanuel Fabian

Still from a Channel 12 news segment on February 7, 2022 on "how to try to protect your cellphone" from hacking. (screenshot)

February 8, 2022, 1:26 am

Israeli TV gives viewers ‘helpful’ tips on how to prevent their phones being hacked

With police alleged to use spyware against citizens, Channel 12 offers guidelines by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based firm banned in US over ties to Russian security services, hackers

By ToI Staff

Anchors and presenters of Now 14, the TV news channel in Israel formerly at Channel 20. (Courtesy Channel 14)

January 14, 2022, 3:20 pm

Repositioned news channel 14 aims for mainstream while keeping pro-Netanyahu script

The former Channel 20 is trying to make itself into a true conservative alternative to news channels 12 and 13, but critics say doing so will mean breaking with the former PM

By Jessica Steinberg