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Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 17, 2026, 8:39 pm
Shin Bet chief reportedly seeks okay to question Channel 12 journalists over Iran leak
Zini believes interrogating journalists will help identify leaker, according to Haaretz report, as thousands of people knew of plans for Feb. 28 Israel-US strikes on Iran
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds his first meeting with new Shin Bet chief David Zini on October 5, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 12, 2026, 12:38 pm
Netanyahu ordered Shin Bet chief to probe Channel 12 over Iran leak — report
As agency seeks to investigate network for having prior knowledge of opening strikes on Iran, pro-government Channel 14 journalists also accused of hinting at other operations in advance
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
Left: Shin Bet chief David Zini visits Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Right: Pundit Jacob Bardugo appears on the All-In podcast, on YouTube, November 18, 2025. (Screenshot)
July 11, 2026, 1:17 am
Shin Bet chief wants to probe Channel 12 over Iran war tip-off, but denies caving to right-wing pressure
Security agency confirms David Zini met with pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 pundit Bardugo, who lobbied for investigation of rival network; Channel 14 is itself alleged to have repeatedly broadcast classified info
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
President Isaac Herzog (left) attends an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Jacob Bardugo broadcasts outside a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 8, 2026, 11:40 pm
‘Everyone hates me now,’ Herzog reportedly wailed to Netanyahu confidant at secret meet
President said to have told Jacob Bardugo that he couldn’t pardon Netanyahu because PM did not admit guilt when submitting request; right-wing journalist told Herzog to ‘stop being a coward’
By ToI Staff
Radio show host Jacob Bardugo speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of Channel 20 in Jerusalem, on March 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 11, 2025, 9:36 am
Police investigate after ministers accuse pro-Netanyahu pundit Bardugo of blackmail
Though officers were in contact with Justice Minister Levin, Sports Minister Zohar, and Communications Minister Karhi, it is unclear if any of the politicians will agree to testify
By ToI Staff
Jacob Bardugo at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 8:14 pm
Levin and other Likud ministers accuse pro-Netanyahu commentator Bardugo of blackmail
Jacob Bardugo denies accusation; Karhi and Zohar support justice minister, as firebrand Likud MK assails them for triggering calls to investigate premier’s confidant
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Israeli journalist Yaakov Bardugo (3rd-L) at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 12:31 pm
IDF slams right-wing pundit for ‘lie’ that military chief wants Hamas to rule Gaza
In rare critique, military rejects assertion by Jacob Bardugo that Halevi is pushing an alleged Washington framework to end the war
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 10, 2023 in Rome. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
March 12, 2023, 10:54 am
Source close to Netanyahu accuses US of funding rallies against judicial overhaul
PM’s son shares Breitbart’s claim that State Department funded protest group; senior official says AG ‘irredeemably audacious’ for freezing transfer of Tel Aviv police chief
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Defense Minister Benny Gantz leads a Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset on January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 15, 2022, 5:38 pm
Gantz denies hand in Army Radio decision to move Netanyahu-backing anchor
Defense minister calls claim of meddling, repeated by former host Jacob Bardugo Monday, ‘ludicrous’; Likud MKs heard questioning decision to boycott station
By ToI Staff
Radio show host Jacob Bardugo speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of Channel 20 in Jerusalem, on March 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 10, 2022, 11:01 pm
Opposition’s right-wing bloc boycotts Army Radio after it drops pro-Netanyahu voice
Radio station removes conservative commentator Jacob Bardugo from his primetime daily slot, sparking outrage and accusations of suppressing free speech
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to right-wing opposition party members a day after a new government was sworn in, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
November 8, 2021, 12:36 pm
Senior Likud officials admit Netanyahu can’t form alternate government
Party sources say it can’t get enough voters to attain 61-seat majority, only hope is for new right-wing party to draw those unhappy with Bennett and Sa’ar
By Shalom Yerushalmi and Raoul Wootliff
Jacob Bardugo sticks his tongue out in jest toward photographers while awaiting a court hearing in his libel case brought by former Netanyahu spokesman Nir Hefetz, on May 25, 2020 (Reuven Kastro, courtesy of Walla)
February 28, 2021, 9:34 am
Vitriolic Bardugo turns Army Radio into Netanyahu weapon against the rule of law
The prime minister’s mouthpiece unloads scorn and conspiracy theories on the nation daily, but for the past year has been dangerously obsessing over the attorney general
By Avner Hofstein
Nir Hefetz, then-editor in chief of the Maariv newspaper, attends an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, September 27, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 28, 2019, 9:17 pm
State’s witness sues justice minister for breaking gag order on probe
Nir Hefetz’s lawyers say Amir Ohana’s airing of banned details on his questioning was a ‘contemptible and malicious’ attempt to hurt him
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Radio broadcasters at Army Radio headquarters in Jaffa, on March 27, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
March 8, 2019, 2:30 am
PM hints he could shut Army Radio if right-wing not given more of a voice
Netanyahu says station has no right to exist without more conservative broadcasters, backs anti-Gantz talk show host as only one not toeing the line
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz, head of the Israel Resilience party, speaks at a conference presenting the party's list of candidates for coming Knesset elections at an event held in Tel Aviv on February 19, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 6:43 am
‘We are vilified’: Echoing Netanyahu, Gantz goes on attack against media critic
The Blue and White leader’s developing (non-)relationship with the press is starting to resemble that of the prime minister he seeks to replace
By Raoul Wootliff
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