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An image distributed by the Prime Minister's Office and apparently manipulated by Sara Netanyahu, showing her, center, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Shul of Bal Harbour, Florida, on December 31, 2025. (Amos Ben-Gershom / GPO / Sara Netanyahu)
January 5, 2026, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 5: Day 822 – Media decry digitally altered official photos of PM’s wife
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses problem with Sara Netanyahu photos; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin digs into bill on control of antiquities in the West Bank
By Jessica Steinberg, Ariela Karmel and Rossella Tercatin
An image distributed by the Prime Minister's Office and apparently manipulated by Sara Netanyahu, showing her, center, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Shul of Bal Harbour, Florida, on December 31, 2025. (Amos Ben-Gershom / GPO / Sara Netanyahu)
January 4, 2026, 6:36 pm
Sara Netanyahu touches up official photos of herself, distorting archival record
After photographers object to editing, PM’s wife is now credited by his office on photos, in apparent acknowledgment that images of historical importance are being manipulated
By Ariela Karmel
Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 12, 2024, 11:46 pm
Israel to revoke press credentials of Al Jazeera reporters after ban on network
Government Press Office says move to apply to journalists, broadcasters, not producers or photographers; network says it has 14 staffers with press cards who are all Israeli citizens
By Sam Sokol and Agencies
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Fifth Annual Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, on November 11, 2021. (YouTube/screenshot)
November 12, 2021, 1:14 am
Bennett to Christian Media Summit: Iranian terror is sweeping the region
Netanyahu tells 5th annual gathering of news executives and opinion leaders that Palestinians don’t want peace with Israel and have ‘lost their veto’
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, October 14, 2018. (Haim Tzach/GPO)
November 11, 2021, 5:43 am
Bennett, Netanyahu to address Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem
Top Israeli officials will speak at Thursday’s 5th annual gathering of leading Christian media figures; PM: ‘Israel stands united with Christians’
By ToI Staff
Travelers seen in the departure hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 1, 2021, 8:05 pm
Journalists from banned COVID countries cannot directly enter Israel
Reporters with work permits who come from 14 off-limits nations must first spend two weeks in another country before being granted entry
By ToI Staff
PM Netanyahu delivering a statement in Warsaw, February 13, 2019 (screen shot GPO)
February 13, 2019, 11:16 pm
Netanyahu’s staff scrambles after he speaks of ‘war against Iran’
Tehran’s FM, major media outlets report on apparent belligerent statement posted to social media; officials then update translation to say PM merely seeks to ‘combat Iran’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks the Government Press Office's annual New Year's toast in Jerusalem on December 12, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
December 13, 2018, 12:42 am
PM justifies tacit support for Saudi Arabia despite ‘horrific’ Khashoggi murder
Netanyahu tells foreign journalists in Jerusalem that the slaying of the regime critic is balanced by the important role played by the kingdom in maintaining global stability
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli mentalist Lior Suchard, right, gestures as he stands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual toast with the foreign media in Jerusalem, January 10, 2018. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
January 11, 2018, 9:06 pm
Netanyahu drawing stumps mentalist Lior Suchard
PM had apparently agreed to make a sketch on stage, but then showed up with the doodle already in his pocket
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual GPO event for foreign journalists, January 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2018, 10:13 pm
Netanyahu praises US envoy for blaming lack of peace on Palestinians
PM urges foreign journalists not to give Abbas ‘credence,’ says he’ll study US administration’s peace proposal ‘very carefully’
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, on October 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2017, 5:11 am
Foreign press boycotts PM event after photographer asked to strip
Journalists walk out in protest after security guards demand EPA employee remove pants; Foreign Press Association slams ‘humiliating’ treatment
By AP and ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin addressing the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, October 18, 2017 (Mark Neiman)
October 19, 2017, 5:18 pm
Despite Palestinian unity deal, Rivlin ‘hopeful’ about peace
Addressing Christian reporters in Jerusalem, president hails Israeli-Jordanian ties, vows to ‘keep the holy sites for all faiths safe and secure’
By Raphael Ahren
Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram. (Courtesy)
September 8, 2017, 3:20 am
PM draws criticism for barring Al-Jazeera bureau chief from free press seminar
Foreign Press Association condemns ‘deeply disturbing’ decision by Netanyahu, cites ‘growing trend of incitement against media’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram (R) interviews Gershon Salomon outside the Western Wall on .July 30, 2009. (Rishwanth Jayapaul/FLASH90)
August 30, 2017, 3:22 pm
Israel backs away from shutting Al Jazeera
After a hearing, Government Press Office decides against revoking accreditation of correspondent accused of calling his work part of Palestinian ‘resistance’
By ToI Staff
Workers at the al-Jazeera offices in Jerusalem on June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2017, 3:00 pm
Foreign Ministry warns against expelling Al Jazeera — report
Communications minister, who supports the move, brushes off fears it would damage Israel’s reputation, saying his concern is citizens’ safety
By Alexander Fulbright
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