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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

corruption

Illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv Municipality building at Rabin Square on July 5, 2015. (Matt Hechter/Flash90)
June 4, 2025, 1:10 pm
6 employees of corporation owned by Tel Aviv city hall arrested for alleged bribery
Among those detained in fraud case is group’s director, suspected of ‘corrupt relationships’ with contractors and promoting their interests in return for kickbacks
By Charlie Summers
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a vote at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 8, 2024, 1:03 pm
Reports claim Netanyahu’s office collected sensitive videos of IDF officer, Gallant
Separate allegations relate to security footage held by PMO officials: A clip of military man who worked with the office, another of Gallant tussling with guard; PMO denies claims
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
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2024, 11:51 am
‘Rot and corruption’: AG said ready to investigate Miri Regev after damning report
Ex-top aide says post-Oct. 7 guilt led him to come forward with records showing Transportation Ministry awash with party politics, corruption and a sycophantic adviser corps
By ToI Staff
People eat at a fast food restaurant, Vkusno-i Tochka, in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
December 27, 2023, 1:41 pm
Was Russia’s McDonald’s franchise sold to a straw man for supersized profits?
With sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, burger giant McDonald’s ostensibly retreated. Recordings depicting the chain’s sale suggest it wasn’t all kosher
By Ksenia Svetlova
An undated image of Palestinian Authority presidential adviser Mahmoud Habbash. (Mahmoud Habbash/Facebook)
December 7, 2023, 10:46 am
Abbas denouncing Hamas, but criticism kept private due to IDF ‘aggression’ – top aide
Mahmoud Habbash tells ToI that Israel undermining US vision for ‘revitalized’ PA by withholding its tax revenues, warns no one will run postwar Gaza if IDF remains or enters at will
By Jacob Magid
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at New York Supreme Court, Monday, October 2, 2023, in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)
October 2, 2023, 8:38 pm
‘It’s a scam’: Civil fraud trial accusing Trump of lying about his wealth opens in NY
Real estate holdings in jeopardy as AG seeks $250m in penalties, ban on Trump doing business in state; indicted 4 times on various charges, he slams bid to ‘hurt me in an election’
By Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz
Ron Cobi, a former mayor of Tiberias and a candidate for the job, stands atop a hill overlooking his city in Israel on August 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
September 20, 2023, 10:42 am
Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash
Haredi and secularist extremism, as well as the alleged involvement of a former politician with a criminal record, are muddying the lakeside city’s political waters
By Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video of Jewish Ukranian-Israeli oligarch Igor Kolomoisky as he arrives at a Kyiv court to face corruption charges, September 2, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 3, 2023, 2:03 pm
Kyiv court orders detention of Israeli-Ukrainian oligarch on corruption charges
Igor Kolomoisky to be held for two months for alleged fraud and money-laundering; defense lawyers say he will appeal detention but won’t post bail of nearly $14 million
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Lawyers and supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan celebrate outside the High Court in Islamabad on August 29, 2023, after suspension of Khan's prison sentence for a graft conviction. (Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP)
August 29, 2023, 2:01 pm
Pakistani court suspends corruption conviction, prison term of former PM Imran Khan
Popular former leader will face a retrial in case of misappropriating gifts received in office, but will be able to run in upcoming elections
By Munir Ahmed
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh. (WAFA)
August 1, 2023, 10:34 pm
Report: 2012 sexual harassment probe into top PA minister closed after ‘hush payment’
Profile piece on Hussein al-Sheikh reveals new corruption allegations, which have been brushed aside by US and Israel, who favor top Abbas aide’s pragmatic approach to the conflict
By ToI Staff
Former US President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he smiles while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, November 15, 2022. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
July 28, 2023, 3:53 am
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete footage in Florida secret documents case
Former president faces fresh charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information
By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Palestinians walk on a damaged road in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army withdrew its forces from the terror stronghold. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
July 11, 2023, 11:05 pm
Jenin residents worry international reconstruction aid may be misappropriated by PA
Assessed damage is $15 million, but pledges are already above $45 million; afraid Ramallah will pocket the leftover money, some Palestinians call for transparency mechanism
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov speaks about the weekly Torah portion in this screenshot from a video posted on June 8, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 16, 2023, 7:10 pm
Berlin rabbi fired amid mounting allegations he preyed on young women
Reuven Yaacobov’s May 31 termination by the Jewish community came shortly after the claims went public, but alleged victims say complaints have been swept under the rug for years
By Toby Axelrod
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