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Sara Netanyahu arrives to testify in a lawsuit filed by Attorney David Shimron against attorney David Artzi, at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 23, 2023. (Moti Milrod)
January 23, 2023, 7:35 pm
Testifying in libel case, Netanyahus adamant Sara not involved in decision-making
Prime minister and wife appear in court over lawsuit filed against ex-defense official who claims to have seen legal pact detailing Sara’s right to influence state affairs
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, December 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2023, 6:37 pm
Sara Netanyahu ‘active and involved’ in appointments, Liberman testifies in court
The former minister and erstwhile top aide to the premier says Netanyahu’s wife routinely intervened in senior appointments
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on the night of the Israeli elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 1, 2023, 7:18 pm
Ex-IDF general says Sara Netanyahu, not PM, interviewed him for senior army position
Guy Tzur testifies PM asked him just one question in 2012 before handing over to his wife, at defamation trial of official who says Sara was given key decision-making veto
By Ash Obel
Meni Naftali, the former manager of the official residence of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives to his libel trial against the Netanyahu family, at the Herzliya court on December 2, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 11:52 pm
Former Netanyahu caretaker awarded NIS 170,000 in libel suit
Meni Naftali to receive damages from a range of Netanyahu associates after filing a lawsuit more than six years ago
By ToI Staff
File: An Israeli Navy submarine sails in front of a Sa'ar 5-class corvette in the waters south of Tel Aviv as part of the Israeli Navy's flotilla in honor of Israel's 70th Independence Day on April 19, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
May 10, 2021, 4:40 pm
Several indicted in submarine affair; ex-navy chief, Netanyahu’s cousin off hook
Cases closed against PM’s former lawyer David Shimron and past navy leader chief Eliezer Marom; other suspects face charges including money laundering, tax offenses
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
David Shimron, then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal lawyer, in Tel Aviv on February 17, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
March 17, 2021, 10:31 am
Netanyahu’s cousin sues exec who claimed PM’s wife has veto on security issues
David Shimron, PM’s former attorney, files NIS 425,000 libel suit against former senior Israel Aerospace Industries VP David Arzi, who made assertion in video
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces his wife Sara as he appears before supporters of his Likud party in Tel Aviv early on April 10, 2019, as election results are announced. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
March 11, 2021, 2:17 am
Video alleges contract between PM, wife gives her veto over Mossad, IDF chiefs
Former senior Israel Aerospace Industries exec says he has seen the 15-page document that also bars Netanyahu from traveling overnight without her, gives Sara control of finances
By ToI Staff
The INS Rahav, a Dolphin class made by German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp, sets off from the German port of Kiel toward Haifa, December 17, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
October 15, 2020, 1:06 am
Ex-official says suspect invoked Netanyahu’s name in submarine graft case
Ahaz Ben-Ari, the Defense Ministry’s former legal adviser, alleges he was pressured to nix tender for ships so contract would instead go to German firm who PM’s cousin lobbied for
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touring the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm Thyssenkrupp, as it arrived in Israel on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 16, 2020, 9:12 pm
Anti-corruption group asks High Court to probe Netanyahu in submarine case
Movement for Quality Government wants attorney general to investigate PM’s decade-old stock deal with cousin tied to Case 3000
By Raoul Wootliff
Blue and White party members (L-R) Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya'alon during a press conference in the Golan Heights on March 4, 2019. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
December 5, 2019, 4:51 pm
After submarine charges, center-left MKs urge probe into Netanyahu’s involvement
Ya’alon vow to form committee of inquiry as PM’s associates are charged in major bribery case; Labor MK says case ‘casts a long shadow’ over PM’s rule; premier stays mum
By ToI Staff
An Israeli Dolphin submarine at the shipyards in Kiel, northern Germany (AP/ Philipp Guelland)
December 5, 2019, 2:53 pm
Prosecutors announce bribery charges in vast submarine corruption case
Former navy head, Israeli representative of German shipbuilder face indictments in alleged billion-shekel bribery scheme; PM’s ex-lawyer cousin to be charged with money laundering
By ToI Staff
Israeli businessman and Thyssenkrupp representative Miki Ganor at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 4, 2019, 7:36 am
Charges in massive submarine graft case reportedly expected in coming days
Prosecutors said seeking indictments against former Navy chief, Thyssenkrupp agent, and others in alleged bribery scheme surrounding naval deal worth billions of shekels
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen after delivering a statement to the media at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2019, 10:41 pm
Report: Prosecutors probing PM’s stock dealings, but ties to sub case unlikely
Investigators said looking into claims Netanyahu made millions in sale of shares to his cousin, but do not believe there is any connection to Case 3000
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli naval base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
March 20, 2019, 9:59 pm
State prosecutors said mulling criminal probe of Netanyahu in submarine case
Sources tell Channel 13 officials have received ‘dramatic’ new information; PM’s Likud party suggests leaks to TV news are politically motivated
By ToI Staff
Miki Ganor, arrested in the submarine affair also known as 'Case 3000,' appears at Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, March 20, 2019 (Flash90)
March 20, 2019, 2:28 pm
State witness in submarine graft case remanded after asking to retract testimony
Miki Ganor, who had admitted to bribing officials to secure purchase of German naval vessels, jailed for 5 days; judge says suspicions should be reexamined
By ToI Staff
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