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Protesters gather outside the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern in London, accusing UK billionaire Len Blavatnik of canceling TV programs on Channel 13 in Israel that are critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 2024 (Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News)
February 16, 2026, 9:35 am
Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion
Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu
By Biranit Goren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters before flying to the United States, at Ben Gurion Airport, July 22, 2024. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
January 6, 2026, 6:50 pm
Refusing to face tough questions, Netanyahu blackballs media to public’s detriment
PM keeps reporters off his taxpayer-funded plane, doesn’t give briefings to the traveling press and access is increasingly politicized — all ahead of a critical election
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 4:27 pm
It’s not leaks to the press that are at the heart of the new Shin Bet investigation
The fact that an employee of the security agency allegedly leaked classified information to a government minister close to the PM makes the recent affair a continuation of a dangerous pattern
By Yuval Yoaz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu practicing for the press conference he held on March 31, 2024, in a clip broadcast the next day by Channel 13 (X screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2024, 8:28 am
‘Are you crazy?’: Rare clip shows frustrated PM at press conference dress rehearsal
In video accidentally leaked to news channel, a rather agitated and impatient Netanyahu barks directions at aides ahead of his Sunday night presser, which preceded his hernia op
By ToI Staff
15 Supreme Court justices at the first judicial overhaul hearing in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
September 12, 2023, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 12: Justices take adversarial tone in overhaul hearing
ToI founding editor David Horovitz discusses the showdown in the High Court, as diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman talks about a loaded comment by the national security adviser
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a rally in support of the government’s planned judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
June 29, 2023, 2:11 am
Lashing ‘propagandists,’ justice minister refuses to back bill protecting reporters
Yariv Levin lays into channels 12 and 13, says Israeli media atmosphere worse than totalitarian regime, rejects proposal that would increase penalties for assaults on journalists
By ToI Staff
The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem, November 29, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
July 27, 2022, 2:52 pm
Daily Briefing July 27: Echoes of the Cold War; life is getting more expensive
Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross and editor David Horovitz on Russia’s threats against Jewish Agency; ongoing Western Wall drama; Israel’s growing wealth disparity
By ToI Staff
An Israel Hayom headline on election day, March 17, 2015 quotes Benjamin Netanyahu on the people's imperative to choose: 'Right -- or left' (screenshot)
December 5, 2020, 6:37 pm
130 calls in 2 years: PM’s phone logs show close ties with Israel Hayom paper
Records appear to show correlation between Netanyahu’s frequent talks with editor of Adelson-owned publication and favorable headlines
By ToI Staff
Channel 20's Erel Segal satirizes Zionist Union MK Stav Shaffir on a February 29, 2016 show. (screen capture: YouTube)
December 23, 2016, 4:11 am
Channel 20, ‘Israel’s Fox News,’ granted permission to broadcast news
State body rules for religious tolerance, says right-wing channel must open up to pluralistic branches of Judaism for license
By ToI Staff
An Israel Hayom deliveryman hands out free copies to passersby in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Flash90)
August 29, 2016, 6:55 pm
Pro-Netanyahu paper puts TV writer’s Hitler joke on its front page
Israel Hayom says Ruth Elbaz’s Facebook post poking fun at the PM’s recent press briefings is ‘the height of incitement’
By Tamar Pileggi
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, Minister of Social Equality Gila Gamliel and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel speak to reporters following a tour of Israel's Bedouin communities in the Negev desert on August 29, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 29, 2016, 4:19 pm
Liberman: Israeli media preventing army from fighting terror
Commenting on soldiers suspected of killing Palestinians without cause, defense minister says troops can’t consult lawyers mid-mission
By Judah Ari Gross
The WhatsApp platform has been used to circulate unsubstantiated rumors that Iran will attack Israel within the next 24-48 hours, April 30, 2018. (CC BY-SA/Jan Persiel, Flickr)
February 17, 2016, 2:21 pm
After blogs and Facebook, military censor sets sights on WhatsApp
Israel Police and United Hatzala resist request to let the censor join journalists’ distribution groups
By Raoul Wootliff
A right-wing Jewish activist protests outside a court hearing in Petach Tikva, on the matter of the Jewish youth arrested for involvement in a July arson attack in the West Bank village of Duma, December 28, 2015. (Photo by Flash90)
December 29, 2015, 7:53 am
TOI talks terror, torture and the gay elephant in the room
The weekly panel discusses the latest news and views defining our coverage
By Raoul Wootliff
A shopper stands in front of televisions broadcasting a speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an electronics shop in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 12:56 pm
Is Israel’s state broadcaster doomed to be a state mouthpiece?
As the IBA is disbanded, Netanyahu has been holding off on appointing a council to oversee its replacement. Some see that as part of a bid to ensure the new entity toes his line
By Marissa Newman
Journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip at the height of Operation Protective Edge, July 13, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 12, 2015, 10:28 am
Israel ranks lowly 96th in press freedom rankings
Jewish state’s media ‘able to be outspoken,’ but crackdowns on Palestinians a factor in placement below Kuwait, Mozambique
By ToI Staff
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