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A reporter from Channel 13. February 22, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 13, 2026, 8:58 pm
Tech group led by Wiz CEO acquires Channel 13: ‘Israel deserves an independent news channel’
Group says they’re planning on ‘leading digital innovation and establishing a unifying, Zionist, Israeli consensus’; rival bid from Netanyahu supporter had worried government critics
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
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
Screenshot of a Channel 13 ad for its election coverage in March 2019. (YouTube screen capture)
July 30, 2020, 6:30 am
Is Israel’s Channel 13 being neutered for Netanyahu’s sake? It’s not that simple
Second-biggest news station just fired some of the country’s most respected journalists. While some see meddling by politicians, the real motive may be larger — and more desperate
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Yukos Chief Executive Simon Kukes speaks at a news conference in company's headquarters in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003. (AP/Misha Japaridze)
September 28, 2018, 7:28 pm
Russian-US oligarch claimed to be ‘actively involved’ in Trump election strategy
Emails revealed by the Guardian include a photo of Jewish oligarch Simon Kukes’s then-girlfriend with Donald Trump and Mike Pence at a private fundraising event for Jewish donors
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russian Jewish entrepreneur and co-founder of the Breakthrough Prize, Yuri Milner, attends a press conference in London on July 20, 2015, where he and British cosmologist Stephen Hawking announced the launch of Breakthrough Listen Initiative, a new effort to detect intelligent life in the cosmos. (AFP photo/Niklas Halle'n)
May 23, 2018, 5:23 am
A complete guide to the Jewish machers in the Russia probe
From Len Blavatnik to Yuri Milner, several Russian Jews who made it big also feature prominently in the investigation into Trump’s ties to Moscow
By Ron Kampeas
In a lab in the Teva Medical Factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, March 15, 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 5, 2017, 12:07 pm
Len Blavatnik mulls stake in Teva
Globes: Businessman is in intial talks for a stake in Israeli drugmaker; investment could help troubled firm with debt repayments
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