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Shin Bet chief wants to probe Channel 12 over Iran war tip-off, but denies caving to right-wing pressure
Left: Shin Bet chief David Zini visits Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Right: Pundit Jacob Bardugo appears on the All-In podcast, on YouTube, November 18, 2025. (Screenshot)
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
Security agency confirms David Zini met with pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 pundit Bardugo, who lobbied for investigation of rival network; Channel 14 is itself alleged to have repeatedly broadcast classified info
The entrance to the Channel 12 office in Tel Aviv after an attacker launched a brick at it overnight, on July 5, 2026. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 5, 2026, 5:57 pm
Door to Channel 12 news offices smashed by masked assailant in Tel Aviv
Media outlet says it is ‘shocked but not surprised,’ calls on police and the government to counter rising tide of incitement against journalists in Israel
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, protesting against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with army recruitment orders, seen at the scene of a violent attack on the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in the settlement of Alon Shvut, June 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 6, 2026, 10:38 pm
Haredi rioters sought to physically harm deputy Supreme Court chief, police said to find
Channel 12 says initial probe shows ultra-Orthodox attackers were highly organized, intended to hurt Noam Sohlberg; source says rioters ‘came to cause a pogrom’
By ToI Staff
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (right) and former prime minister Naftali Bennett at a press conference announcing their joint run in the coming elections, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 1:26 am
Poll shows new Lapid-Bennett union edging out Likud as largest party
Channel 12 survey says Jewish-majority opposition parties led by Bennett would win 60 seats, with PM’s coalition at 50, Arab parties at 10; marks no change from last week’s polling
By Sam Sokol
Shin Bet director David Zini attends the funeral of an Israeli soldier at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, March 27, 2026, (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 10:33 am
On 1st day, Shin Bet chief changed background pic on all agency PCs to Temple Mount – report
Source says move showed ‘messianic’ direction David Zini wants for intelligence agency; after uproar, picture was changed back to agency logo, agents told initial change was accidental
By ToI Staff
Jonathan Freedland, left, and Yonit Levi are the hosts of podcast 'Unholy: Two Jews on the News' (Courtesy)
February 4, 2026, 7:21 pm
Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland: Two Jews on the news discuss all that is Unholy
The hosts of the ‘Unholy’ podcast review five years of their collaborative effort to debate the subjects and issues that affect them as a Jewish Israeli and a Diaspora Jew
By Jessica Steinberg
Tents housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on January 24, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 30, 2026, 12:24 pm
Less than a third of Israelis say country won the war against Hamas in Gaza, poll finds
Only 17% think Hamas will lay down its arms, according to Channel 12; Zman survey finds a third of Israelis oppose any partnership with Arab parties, slim majority would support some form
By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider
Then-US president Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 28, 2026, 11:45 pm
Opposition MKs send ‘deep regret’ to Biden for PM blaming ’embargo’ for IDF deaths
Lawmakers pen letter thanking former US president for post-Oct. 7 support, say he is ‘one of Israel’s greatest friends’; senior Israeli security officials said ‘furious’ with PM’s claim
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Screenshot of former hostages Gali (L) and Ziv Berman in an interview with Channel 12, aired January 3, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
January 4, 2026, 10:01 pm
‘Enough with the misery’: Hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman want to move on
In first major interview since their release, brothers describe strange beachside meal set up by Hamas’s Gaza leader; now reunited, they still won’t return to Kfar Aza
By Ethan Rubinson
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, as Herzog tasks Netanyahu with forming a governing coalition, November 13, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 10, 2025, 1:09 am
Herzog denies, denounces report intimating a years-old pardon deal with Netanyahu
Israeli TV publishes 2019 legal opinion drafted for former associate of president on whether pardons can be granted for PM without conviction; Herzog’s office threatens legal action
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Then-IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at a ceremony marking Remembrance Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2025, 9:56 am
‘Lulled to sleep’: Ex-IDF chief Halevi describes lead-up to Oct. 7 in leaked audio
In undated recording, Halevi admits to bereaved families that Hamas fooled Israel into thinking it didn’t want to attack and that he’ll carry weight of failure ‘until my dying day’
By ToI Staff
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu speaks during a Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
Far-right minister criticizes journalist for ‘whining’ about threats of violence
Amichay Eliyahu says media isn’t ‘protected flower’ after Guy Peleg is accosted and Channel 13 gets death threat graffiti; Israel Press Council slams him for ‘amplifying’ threats
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Journalist Guy Peleg arrives at the Jerusalem Magistrate Court for a hearing in a lawsuit against him by Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman, May 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 13, 2025, 8:59 pm
Reporter who published leaked Sde Teiman video hounded by right-wing activists in Tel Aviv
Channel 12 news says ‘red line’ crossed after nationalist religious group hangs sign over highway calling to ‘arrest Guy Peleg’ and activist embraced by ministers accosts him
By ToI Staff
Military Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen Aharon Haliva speaks at an intelligence officers' graduation ceremony, January 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 16, 2025, 3:01 am
Former IDF intel chief: Oct. 7 was ‘much deeper’ than an intelligence failure
In leaked recordings, Aharon Haliva recounts night before Hamas attack, lambasts Netanyahu for not resigning and claims high Gaza death toll ‘required for future generations’
By ToI Staff
Posters reading 'Israeli not welcome' appeared in several locations in Milan, Italy on June 26, 2025. (Courtesy of Afshin Kaboli)
August 2, 2025, 11:01 am
Poll: Most Israelis fear they won’t be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts
As anti-Israel incidents grow, 56% say they fear not being able to go overseas; 67% of Israelis don’t feel government represents them, 62% want comprehensive hostage-ceasefire deal
By ToI Staff
IDF soldier Matan Angrest seen being kidnapped by Hamas from an IDF tank on October 7, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
April 4, 2025, 8:57 am
Footage shows soldier Matan Angrest being kidnapped on Oct. 7, interrogated in Gaza
With loved ones’ consent, Channel 12 airs clips showing ‘lynching attempt’ of hostage; released surveillance troops, held near him in Gaza, share what they know about his condition
By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff
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