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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of his Likud party in Ramat Gan, March 4, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

September 4, 2019, 12:23 pm

Netanyahu names himself welfare minister after Katz resigned over graft charges

Choosing not to appoint another Likud MK to the position, PM now holds four cabinet portfolios in addition to the premiership

By Raoul Wootliff

Welfare Minister Haim Katz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 16, 2019, 5:39 pm

Welfare minister resigns from cabinet as graft charges loom

Haim Katz is accused of advancing legislation on corporate bond repayment rules to benefit a close friend and financial adviser; still gunning for parliamentary immunity

By TOI staff

Welfare Minister Haim Katz speaks at a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset on March 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 16, 2019, 12:44 am

Welfare minister set to resign from cabinet as charges loom

Haim Katz is accused of advancing legislation on corporate bond repayment rules to benefit a close friend and financial adviser; still gunning for parliamentary immunity

By TOI staff

Labor party leader Avi Gabbay speaks during a press conference at the party's offices in Tel Aviv on October 1, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

October 18, 2017, 6:06 pm

No need yet for PM to resign over cigar graft suspicions — Labor leader

Short of indictment, Netanyahu should just ‘admit wrongdoing’ and people should move on, says Avi Gabbay

By Sue Surkes

Menny Naftali, the former caretaker at the Prime Minister's Residence, at the Jerusalem District Labor Court, March 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 24, 2017, 2:38 am

PM’s former housekeeper says report he may turn state’s witness ‘impossible’

After TV claims prosecution mulling deal with Menny Naftali for him to testify against Sara Netanyahu, lawyer says he is not a suspect and so no deal necessary

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to the Magistrates Court in Tel Aviv to a court hearing against journalist Igal Sarna on March 14, 2017. (Moti Kimchi/Pool)

August 7, 2017, 10:26 pm

Netanyahu’s wife seen close to being charged over expense scandals

Attorney general reportedly getting ready to indict Sara Netanyahu on four separate allegations of using hundreds of thousands of shekels of state funds for private use

By Raoul Wootliff

US billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson (L) meets with Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony at the Congress Hall in Jerusalem, August 12, 2007. (Flash90)

July 15, 2017, 11:50 am

Adelson ‘told police he and Netanyahu discussed Mozes’

Report by Channel 10 news could undermine PM’s claim he did not intend to make a deal with the Yedioth Ahronoth publisher

By TOI staff

Sheldon Adelson attends the final remarks of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 26, 2017, 11:28 pm

Sheldon Adelson ‘disappointed and angry’ at Netanyahu — report

Israel Hayom backer said to tell police he didn’t know of the PM’s negotiations with owner of rival paper for better coverage

By TOI staff

Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, center, attends the final speeches of US president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 26, 2017, 1:03 pm

Adelson testifies for second time in Netanyahu corruption probe

Casino magnate’s wife Miriam also questioned on PM’s alleged ties to couple’s Israel Hayom daily

By Alexander Fulbright and Sue Surkes

American billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson (R) and his wife Miriam meet Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem, May 13, 2008. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90/File)

June 25, 2017, 9:02 pm

Adelson said set to testify again in Netanyahu corruption probe

Casino magnate’s wife Miriam also to be questioned Monday on PM’s alleged ties to couple’s Israel Hayom daily

By Alexander Fulbright and Sue Surkes

May 25, 2017, 10:41 pm

In police testimony, Adelson says Netanyahu never discussed media deal

Casino magnate in Israel for Trump visit tells investigators he never talked with PM about ‘Israel Hayom’ matters

By Sue Surkes

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the lobby for encouraging Bible study, at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, January 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 20, 2017, 9:55 pm

State said leaning toward indictment for Sara Netanyahu

PM’s wife accused of using state funds to pay for caretaker for her late father and other personal expenses

By TOI staff

British-Israeli businessman Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz in Jerusalem. (Flash90)

April 9, 2017, 12:56 am

British-Israeli billionaire testifies to police in PM gifts affair

Poju Zabludowicz said to give voluntary testimony, is not a suspect

By TOI staff

The Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod, November 8, 2013 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

February 13, 2017, 9:35 am

14 held in major Kfar Saba corruption investigation

Suspects include at least one senior official, as well as individuals described as having ‘financial interests’ in the city

By TOI staff

February 9, 2017, 10:29 pm

Police said to probe if British-Israeli billionaire also gave gifts to PM

Investigators reportedly expand ongoing corruption investigation against Netanyahu over suspected ties to businessman Poju Zabludowicz

By Alexander Fulbright