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Former Health Ministry deputy director Itamar Grotto is revealed as the "Pea" on Israel's "Masked Singer" on October 25, 2021. (Keshet 12)
December 21, 2021, 6:38 am
‘The Masked Singer’ and the curious nature of celebrity in Israel
Why do former lawmakers, health officials and even famous ex-cons populate reality TV in the Jewish state?
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: Former Prime Minister's Office manager Nir Hefetz, (center) and Israeli media tycoon Shaul Elovitch (left back) and Eli Kamir (right back) seen at the courtroom for the extension of their remand in Case 4000, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)
November 12, 2021, 7:49 pm
Ex-Netanyahu aide said set to testify to family’s involvement in media matters
Some details from Nir Hefetz’s prep-meeting with prosecution leaked to press, amid report he has received threats
By ToI Staff
Meni Naftali, the former manager of the official residence of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives to his libel trial against the Netanyahu family, at the Herzliya court on December 2, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 11:52 pm
Former Netanyahu caretaker awarded NIS 170,000 in libel suit
Meni Naftali to receive damages from a range of Netanyahu associates after filing a lawsuit more than six years ago
By ToI Staff
Former CEO of the Walla news site Ilan Yeshua arrives for his cross-examination in the graft trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, May 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2021, 5:14 pm
Ex-CEO testifies Walla owner said Netanyahu and his aides acted like ‘criminals’
‘Our country has been hijacked by criminals,’ says Ilan Yeshua in PM’s bribery trial, adds newsroom was ‘under continuous abuse’ to produce more favorable coverage of premier
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister's wife, arrives to testify in the libel suit filed by Meni Naftali, the former manager of the Prime Minister's Residence, at the Herzliya Magistrate's Court on December 2, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 3, 2019, 12:40 am
Sara Netanyahu testifies for 3 hours in libel case, is heckled outside court
Premier’s wife summoned for hearing in lawsuit filed by ex-employee at PM’s official residence; claims she’s ‘most vilified person on Israeli media’; activists call her a ‘thief’
By ToI Staff
The Salman Schocken house, a building adjacent to the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, that has become part of the compound in recent years, November 2019. (Tani Goldstein)
November 26, 2019, 2:20 am
Netanyahu’s official residence has taken over an adjacent historical compound
Schocken house in Jerusalem’s Smolenskin Street, formerly used by music academy, has become part of Prime Minister’s Residence without municipality approval
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside advocate Yossi Cohen (right) in the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court, October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2018, 3:30 pm
Corruption trial for Sara Netanyahu postponed to October
Indicted for allegedly misusing $100,000 in state funds to buy gourmet food, prime minister’s wife was due in court later this month but will now wait until after summer recess
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University on June 20, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 2, 2018, 5:50 pm
Netanyahu claims media has been hounding wife Sara for 20 years
PM hits back at leaks from investigation that led to her indictment for misuse of $100,000 in state funds to buy gourmet food
By Raoul Wootliff
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on January 22, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 1, 2018, 11:00 pm
In fresh leaks, PM’s wife said to tell cops of ‘shitty cook’
Sara Netanyahu, indicted for misuse of $100,000 in state funds to buy gourmet food, denies wrongdoing, calling witnesses ‘liars’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second right, host US president Donald Trump, left, and his wife Melania at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
June 30, 2018, 1:30 am
We eat schnitzel daily, PM’s wife said to tell cops probing food spending spree
In leaks from testimony, Sara Netanyahu, indicted for misuse of $100,000 in state funds to buy gourmet food, denies wrongdoing, says she runs an ‘austerity regime’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara board a plane at Ben Gurion Airport, August 24, 2009. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
June 25, 2018, 11:17 am
Airing dirty laundry: 9 things to know for June 25
An arson attack on a key Netanyahu critic comes as more sordid details about Sara Netanyahu’s alleged spending emerge; plus: how not to take a selfie with a prince
By Joshua Davidovich
Menny Naftali, the former caretaker at the Prime Minister's Residence, is seen at the the National Labor Court in Jerusalem on February 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2018, 6:56 am
Car belonging to ex-caretaker who testified against PM’s wife found torched
Police suspect arson targeting Menny Naftali, who successfully sued Sara Netanyahu for abuse and provided testimony in case she was recently charged in
By ToI Staff
Former Prime Minister's Residence caretaker Menny Naftali at the Herzliya Magistrate's Court on December 26, 2017.(Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 1:44 pm
Ex-caretaker provides testimony in Sara Netanyahu fraud case
Menny Naftali says he’ll ask police to shoot down reports he’ll turn state’s witness regarding alleged misuse of state funds
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators attend the weekly anti-corruption protest in Tel Aviv on January 13, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 13, 2018, 10:08 pm
Thousands attend Tel Aviv anti-corruption protest against Netanyahu
Weekly rally comes on heels of release of tapes of PM’s son in night out at strip clubs accompanied by state-funded guard; minor scuffles reported with counter-demonstrators
By ToI Staff
Eliad Shraga
December 19, 2017, 11:40 am
Eliad Shraga
Israel is turning into a Mafia State
Widespread endemic corruption is destroying the values and solidarity upon which this country was established
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