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MK Simcha Rothman attends plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 3:17 pm
Rothman loses defamation suit against reporter on controversial Oct. 7 comment
Channel 12 said far-right MK implied some terror victims’ lives worth more than others’, then retracted his statement; he said report was a lie; witnesses said he made statement, but it seemed to be a ‘slip of the tongue’
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Shin Bet's command center during strikes on Hamas in Qatar, September 9, 2025. (Shin Bet)
July 16, 2026, 6:18 pm
Netanyahu slated to testify after election on ties to Qatar in defamation suit
PM suing head of MEMRI media watchdog over unverified documents purporting to show Qatari payments to Likud; judge questions whether parts of case are strong enough to claim defamation
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement, May 13, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
May 14, 2026, 2:48 pm
PM tells court he’s at ‘top of health scale,’ says now-treated cancer diagnosed late 2025
Netanyahu says his wellness in ‘top 10th percentile,’ provides first timeline of prostate tumor, amid defamation lawsuit against journalists who claimed he had pancreatic cancer
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party in the Knesset, July 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 3:50 pm
Liberman wins defamation case against activist who claimed he sought to kill cop
Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court orders former Yisrael Beytenu activist to pay NIS 200,000 over claim party chairman had offered him $100,000 to kill a police superintendent
By Sam Sokol
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, September 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 16, 2025, 10:48 am
Trump sues NY Times, Penguin Random House for $15 billion alleging defamation and libel
Lawsuit names 4 reporters, says publications harmed US president’s business reputation, causing him economic damage; last week Trump threatened to sue newspaper for Epstein reporting
By Agencies
Left to right: The Democrats party leader Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Likud MK Tally Gotliv at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 1, 2025 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a Labor and Welfare Committee meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 10:24 pm
Democrats head threatens legal action against coalition MKs for pushing conspiracies
‘I am determined to dismantle the poison machine,’ Yair Golan says, slamming MKs Tally Gotliv and Almog Cohen for allegedly defaming him with unfounded claims
By Sam Sokol
MK Nissim Vaturi (left) attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on August 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); The Democrats party leader Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 4:15 pm
Likud MK Vaturi suggests Democrats leader Golan betrayed country on Oct. 7
Right-wing lawmaker amplifies conspiracy theory, says opposition party chief would do anything to bring down Netanyahu; Golan demands apology, threatens to sue
By ToI Staff
This combination of photos created on May 14, 2024 shows French-Polish director and former president of the Jury, Roman Polanski, left, on September 7, 2019 in Deauville, France; British actress Charlotte Lewis, right, on May 14, 2024. (LOIC VENANCE and Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
May 14, 2024, 6:39 pm
French court acquits director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress
Charlotte Lewis sued the Franco-Polish director after he said her accusation of rape against him was a ‘heinous lie’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
E. Jean Carroll leaves a federal court house in New York City on Jan 26, 2024, after a in New York. A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to Carroll, who says former US President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
January 27, 2024, 8:27 am
Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll an additional $83.3m in defamation trial
Columnist calls jury decision over his social media attacks on her a ‘great victory,’ after she said he sexually assaulted her in NY department store; Trump: ‘Absolutely ridiculous’
By Jake Offenhartz, Larry Neumeister and Jennifer Peltz
Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, January 24, 2023. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP)
October 3, 2023, 10:28 am
Jewish man sues Musk for amplifying false claim linking him to neo-Nazi group
Tech CEO engaged with X users promoting conspiracy that Benjamin Brody, 22, was involved in clash at Oregon Pride Festival, terming it a ‘probable false flag situation’
By AP
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for a hearing in a defamation lawsuit he brought, September 11, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
September 11, 2023, 1:20 pm
‘Shame and disgrace’: Bennett wins defamation suit over claim mother not Jewish
Court awards tens of thousands in compensation from rabbi; judge asks former PM to reduce claim in 2nd case
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, August 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
August 18, 2023, 11:59 pm
Slamming ‘frivolous’ appeal by Trump, judge says he won’t delay defamation suit
Ruling criticizes arguments made by ex-president’s lawyers who asked to mothball 2019 civil claims by a New York columnist who says Trump raped her in a department store in 1996
By Larry Neumeister
Then-Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a CNN town hall at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, February 18, 2016.(Andrew Harnik/AP)
August 1, 2023, 10:34 am
Judge rejects Trump defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of comparing him to Hitler
‘Reasonable’ viewers couldn’t mistake former president for Nazi leader just because network described Republican claim of a stolen 2020 election as the ‘Big Lie,’ rules court
By Andrew Lapin
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
June 1, 2023, 1:43 pm
Most decorated living Aussie soldier murdered unarmed Afghan civilians, judge finds
Federal court dismisses Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation lawsuit against reporters, ruling allegations of war crimes to be substantially true
By mark baker and Rod McGuirk
Composite photo: Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (right) speaks during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on May 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly cabinet meeting, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2023, 8:49 pm
Ben Gvir sues Ya’alon for claiming he supports chants of ‘Death to Arabs’
Defamation suit filed over ex-defense minister’s remarks on podcast last year; far-right national security minister says he no longer generalizes against Arabs
By ToI Staff
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