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Channel 13 reporter Raviv Drucker seen driving with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand holding a phone, in a segment that aired on September 23, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 13)
September 29, 2026, 11:07 am
At behest of Likud lawyer, police probe journalist for talking on phone while driving in TV segment
Journalists’ union queries motive after Raviv Drucker questioned over clip from his Channel 13 investigative program in which he probed how heritage minister allocated state money
By ToI Staff
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
September 23, 2026, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 23 – Religious Zionism party doubles down on judicial revolution
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plans to radically constrain the judiciary, and how the sale of Channel 13 was finally approved
By Jessica Steinberg and Jeremy Sharon
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 11:05 pm
Sale of Channel 13 to government critic approved; minister calls decision ‘unlawful’
Acquisition of major commercial channel is at center of political, legal fight, after communications minister’s apparent efforts to stymie the deal were blocked by High Court
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attend a 40 signatures debate in Knesset, May 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 8, 2026, 11:14 pm
High Court annuls controversial government appointments to broadcast regulator
Court finds choices were made without reviewing incendiary comments by appointees against media, and in violation of Netanyahu’s conflict of interest agreement
By Jeremy Sharon
Yifat Ben Hai Segev arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on December 13, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 2:16 pm
Government-appointed media regulatory body chief resigns, citing court freeze on tenure
Ben Hai Segev says ‘silence is complicity’ with High Court ruling against Second Authority appointments. Petitioners allege she was appointed to thwart media buyout by government critics
By Jeremy Sharon
Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot speaks at the launch of his party's election campaign in Hod Hasharon, June 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 10:21 am
Opposition Zionist bloc led by Eisenkot would win narrow 61-seat majority – poll
Channel 13 survey has Likud with most Knesset seats at 22, Yashar with 21, Bennett with 15; coalition said looking to thwart flights bringing in anti-Netanyahu voters ahead of election
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (left) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attend a Knesset plenum session, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 2:53 am
Government defiance of High Court paves way for future disregard of the law
Ministers’ declaration against High Court ruling on a media regulation body may have little legal impact, but symbolically ‘crosses the Rubicon’ on the concept of the rule of law
By Jeremy Sharon
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (left) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attend a Knesset plenum session, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 7:16 pm
In first, government vows to disobey High Court ruling, setting up constitutional crisis
Cabinet declares ruling allowing a key broadcast media regulator to operate without a quorum to be ‘unlawful’; opposition accuses government of ‘violating rule of law’
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 12, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 10:14 pm
High Court freezes TV regulatory body’s activities over controversial appointments
Second Authority was continuing to operate despite petitions against it and repeated government requests for extensions from the High Court
By Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel
A reporter from Channel 13, seen February 22, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 13, 2026, 8:58 pm
Tech group led by Wiz CEO acquires Channel 13: ‘Israel deserves an independent news channel’
Group says they’re planning on ‘leading digital innovation and establishing a unifying, Zionist, Israeli consensus’; rival bid from Netanyahu supporter had worried government critics
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Screengrab of a social media video showing right-wing provocateur Mordechai David being detained by police for protesting outside the home of news anchor Lucy Aharish, in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2026. (X)
February 22, 2026, 12:12 pm
Right-wing activist held for entering apartment complex of Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish
Provocateur Mordechai David arrested on charges of trespassing, disturbing the peace; later freed and barred from approaching Aharish for 14 days
By ToI Staff
Protesters gather outside the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern in London, accusing UK billionaire Len Blavatnik of canceling TV programs on Channel 13 in Israel that are critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 2024 (Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News)
February 16, 2026, 9:35 am
Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion
Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu
By Biranit Goren
Two Palestinian terror suspects are seen apparently surrendering to Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin, before they were shot dead, November 27, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 30, 2025, 8:58 am
Border cops who killed unarmed terror suspects after surrender say they feared harm
In unsourced quotes from police probe, officers involved in Jenin incident say they ‘feared the terrorists were armed’; report: Ben Gvir promoted unit commander day after shooting
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
Graffiti sprayed overnight outside the Channel 13 offices in Tel Aviv, November 19, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 19, 2025, 10:41 pm
Israeli TV network’s office vandalized with threat calling for ‘blood of traitors’
Channel 13 files complaint with police as broadcast news group say graffiti is just one instance of ‘persistent, organized and dangerous incitement against journalists’
By Charlie Summers
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