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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

corruption in Israel

National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi arrives for a court hearing in the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 6:45 pm
Police, finding proof of wrongdoing, pass Tzachi Hanegbi bribery file to prosecutors
National Security Council chief suspected of accepting NIS 10,000 in 2017 to advance businessmen’s plans to build a Jerusalem airport
By ToI Staff
Israel Football Association chairman Moshe Zuares in Jerusalem on May 24, 2023. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 5:55 pm
Israel soccer chief alleges widespread game fixing in third-tier league
Football Association calls for police intervention as some 40 players, officials and club owners are named as being involved in thrown games linked to illegal betting
By Stuart Winer
The Corruption Perceptions Index global map 2024, released February 2025. The color coded scale moves from "highly corrupt" (dark red) to "very clean" (yellow). (Transparency International)
February 13, 2025, 9:55 am
Israel improves slightly in corruption survey as many nations get worst scores in years
Transparency International finds ‘global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering’
By AP and ToI Staff
Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg (Youtube screenshot)
February 10, 2025, 4:26 pm
Petah Tikva mayor summoned for questioning on suspicion of bribery, breach of trust
Rami Greenberg claims probe politically motivated; city’s director general also detained alongside unnamed associate amid ongoing corruption probe by police’s Lahav 433 unit
By ToI Staff
Head of the Judea and Samaria Police District investigations and intelligence department Commander Avishai Muallem (center) arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, December 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 31, 2024, 3:56 pm
Senior cop suspected of ignoring Jewish attacks in West Bank to win Ben Gvir’s favor
Internal police investigations unit says it suspects Commander Avishai Muallem ‘deviated from the line’ in bid for promotion
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Jerusalem District Court during the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in Netanyahu's corruption trial, July 2, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
November 25, 2024, 6:00 pm
State Attorney’s Office opposes PM’s new request to delay testifying in his trial
Defense is seeking 15-day delay, citing lack of opportunity to prepare for testimony, but prosecution says PM’s legal team has had 5 months; testimony set to begin Dec. 2
By Jeremy Sharon
Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 4:39 pm
Police raid Transportation Ministry offices amid probe of alleged corruption
Cops seize documents but don’t say if Minister Miri Regev is a suspect; ministry dismisses allegations, insists officers are searching for files ‘that don’t exist’
By ToI Staff
A police officer at the Rehovot municipality, June 4, 2024. (Israel Police)
June 4, 2024, 2:50 pm
Police arrest officials in Rehovot, Ashkelon amid multi-city graft probe
Investigation started 2 weeks ago with arrest of 13 Tel Aviv city hall employees; police suspect they took bribes in return for help in securing sanitation contracts
By ToI Staff
Avi Alkalay, former editor at the Walla news site, arrives to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, September 12, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 12, 2023, 5:15 pm
Ex-Walla editor: PM’s meddling led news staff to liken him to North Korean dictator
Avi Alkalay describes ‘very aggressive mental coercion’ that slanted coverage in premier’s favor in 2015-2016, says website was ‘a servant of a single family’
By Michael Bachner
Shani Illouz, a candidate in Tiberias’s October 2023 mayoral election, tells a Knesset committee she was offered 'jobs' to quit race, on July 3, 2023. (Screenshot: YouTube) (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 3, 2023, 11:39 pm
Tiberias mayoral candidate says Likud members tried to get her to quit race
Shani Illouz, herself a Likud member, tells Knesset panel members of the party offered her various jobs in exchange for backing down ahead of October election
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police officers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 3, 2023, 2:03 pm
Former Premier League soccer player detained at airport over massive corruption probe
Suspect stopped by police at Ben Gurion Airport as he returned from trip abroad; 18 others already arrested in connection with suspected garbage disposal graft scheme in north
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Flash 90)
May 1, 2023, 1:46 pm
Four mayors arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from garbage disposal company
18 people arrested in all, including company owner and public officials, suspected of fixing public tender for financial gain
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at his party headquarters, in Tel Aviv, September 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 4, 2023, 6:12 pm
Officials close criminal probe of cybersecurity firm formerly headed by Gantz
State attorney says no evidence of causal link between erroneous information provided by Fifth Dimension and police’s provision of a $1 million grant secured by firm
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Haim Tzuri, the long-term mayor of the northern city of Kiryat Motzkin. (Screenshot)
March 26, 2023, 9:19 pm
Kiryat Motzkin mayor charged with multiple corruption offenses
Haim Tzuri accused of offering job to activist in rival party in exchange for information, gathering municipal data on locals’ political preferences to secure reelection
By Michael Horovitz
Former mayor of Or Akiva Yaakov Edri. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 20, 2023, 4:34 pm
Or Akiva mayor hit with raft of charges, including for bribery, assault
Yaakov Edri resigns after he’s indicted for allegedly taking bribes that were often disguised as charity payments or campaign contributions, in excess of NIS 569,000
By Ash Obel
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