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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference in Jerusalem on February 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2019, 1:21 pm
Mandelblit in the middle: He’ll seal Netanyahu’s fate and maybe shape Israel’s
The AG, who must decide whether and when to indict the PM, was attacked for fierce loyalty to the letter of the law long before Netanyahu chose him — twice — for senior positions
By Raphael Ahren
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked attends a conference of the Israel Bar Association in Jerusalem on January 17, 2019 (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 17, 2019, 8:00 pm
Shaked ‘disappointed’ as female colleagues assail her over ally’s sex scandal
Justice minister denies responsibility for Efi Nave’s alleged advancement of judges in exchange for sexual favors, laments ‘lies’ by political opponents
By TOI staff
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at a Conference at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, January 16, 2019. (Flash90)
January 16, 2019, 4:51 pm
Minister bemoans judicial sex scandal as top lawyer said set to take leave
Opposition calls for justice minister to resign after top lawyer arrested on suspicion of having sex with judge he helped appoint, and with wife of 2nd judge he tried to promote
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative photo of a man in handcuffs (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 16, 2019, 12:17 pm
Senior lawyer held, reportedly for promoting judge in exchange for sex
Suspect allegedly had sexual relationship with judge he helped appoint, also said to have had sex with wife of another judge he tried to promote; top legal officials to testify
By Michael Bachner
The headquarters of the Israel Police's Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in Lod. (Flash90)
January 16, 2019, 11:01 am
Senior legal official arrested, others questioned in judicial corruption probe
Judicial Selection Committee, including justice minister and Supreme Court chief, said to be called to testify in sealed probe; AG recused from case over friendship with suspect
By Michael Bachner
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a joint press conference with Yoav Galant, newly appointed Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption at the Knesset, January 9, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 10, 2019, 7:28 pm
On indictments, pretrial hearings and what Netanyahu can expect before elections
With the PM hammering his point that voting day is too near for the AG to say he’ll file charges, legal experts say the process may not take that long and should in fact begin ASAP
By Raphael Ahren
Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018 (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool)
January 6, 2019, 3:54 pm
Minister accuses attorney general of trying ‘to topple Netanyahu’
Likud’s Regev launches first direct attack on Mandelblit’s handling of corruption probes, amid reports he will release indictment findings before elections
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at a Likud faction meeting on December 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2019, 2:39 pm
Ex-Supreme Court justice likens Netanyahu’s rhetoric to crime boss threats
Eliyahu Matza says PM’s statements on justice system and attorney general constitute ‘actual incitement, in the criminal sense of the word’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a cabinet meeting on January 4, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
January 6, 2019, 10:01 am
AG to announce decision on Netanyahu indictment next month — report
Mandelblit will release his findings before elections, Haaretz reports; statement on behalf of PM says Case 4000 investigation moving too fast and ‘something smells’
By TOI staff
A still from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's video saying that elections, like an amputated arm, cannot be returned, January 5, 2019 (Screen grab via Facebook)
January 5, 2019, 8:46 pm
Netanyahu compares proceedings against him to cutting off arm of accused thief
Prime minister says if hearing is called before April elections it must be completed before country goes to the polls as an election result ‘cannot be returned’
By TOI staff
Shelly Yachimovich leads a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 31, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 5, 2019, 1:17 pm
Opposition leader: ‘Fascist elements’ in PM’s attack on potential indictment
Shelly Yachimovich says Netanyahu sending message that ‘harming him akin to betraying the nation’; states he is cynically complaining of schedule after moving up election himself
By TOI staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2017. (Flash90)
January 5, 2019, 2:09 am
Israel’s top legal officials warn PM’s allies seek to undermine the rule of law
State prosecutor slams ‘super-problematic’ tweet by coalition chief, who claimed Netanyahu is being framed for corruption and ‘millions of people’ won’t accept it
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 3, 2019, 11:34 pm
PM: Mandelblit facing ‘thuggish, inhumane’ pressure to announce indictment
As Netanyahu accuses ‘left, media’ of seeking to ‘steal’ the April election, AG warns of attempt ‘to undermine the public’s trust’ in the justice system
By TOI staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a conference at the National Library in Jerusalem on June 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 2, 2019, 5:19 pm
In highway graffiti, Attorney General Mandelblit called a ‘collaborator’
Two weeks after his father’s grave was vandalized, top law enforcement officer targeted again as he considers indicting Netanyahu
By TOI staff
Activist Eldad Yaniv in Tel Aviv on February 8, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
December 30, 2018, 12:53 pm
Anti-corruption protest leader forms new party ahead of elections
Eldad Yaniv, an anti-Netanyahu campaigner and former Labor activist, calls for ‘new, honest people to lead the country’
By TOI staff
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