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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Milchan law

Businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial, in Brighton, June 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2023, 6:08 am
In about face, Milchan tells court he asked Netanyahu for help on tax exemption
Defense attorney says Hollywood producer told cops he did not speak to Netanyahu about the issue. Judge tacitly reprimands Sara Netanyahu for embrace ahead of testimony
By ToI Staff
Opposition leader Yair Lapid at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2023, 5:07 pm
In court, Netanyahu’s defense attorney accuses Lapid of being an unreliable witness
In fiery exchange, lawyer Amit Hadad points to discrepancies in opposition leader’s accounts and says he has lied about his IDF service, which Lapid decries as ‘malicious gossip’
By Amy Spiro
Opposition leader Yair Lapid at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2023, 10:02 am
Lapid testifies at Netanyahu corruption trial: PM said Milchan tax law was ‘good’
Opposition leader repeats in court what he told investigators in Case 1000, that both Hollywood mogul and PM approached him about extending tax break for citizens who’d been abroad
By Amy Spiro
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then-finance minister Yair Lapid during a press conference on a major reform of Israel's ports, in Jerusalem on July 3, 2013. (Flash90)
June 11, 2023, 6:46 pm
Lapid to testify at Netanyahu trial Monday, bringing political rivalry to courtroom
A witness in Case 1000, opposition chief says he refused request from PM and Hollywood mogul Milchan to pass tax amendment while serving as finance minister in 2013
By ToI Staff
View of the luxury towers in the Hatzameret neighborhood of Tel Aviv. September 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 6, 2018, 9:37 am
Israel is ‘one of the world’s most generous tax havens,’ complains tax chief
Amendment 168, also known as the ‘Milchan Law,’ may have attracted tax evaders to Israel, warns Tax Authority director Moshe Asher, who has tried for years to cancel it
By Simona Weinglass
Producer Arnon Milchan in 2016 (left) and Knesset member Yair Lapid in 2018 (composite photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP; Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 1, 2018, 1:54 pm
Lapid said to have asked for legal opinion on law benefiting Hollywood mogul
New information contradicts ex-finance minister’s previous claim he flatly nixed proposal on tax breaks despite pressure from PM, Arnon Milchan
By Michael Bachner
A February 26, 2018, State Control Committee panel devoted to Amendment 168 to the Tax Ordinance (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)
February 27, 2018, 12:32 pm
Israel was nearly sanctioned over ‘Milchan Law,’ top finance official says
At Knesset panel, chief economist reveals Israel was threatened with blacklisting by 2 global banks in 2014 over law at center of Netanyahu graft probe
By Simona Weinglass
Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset, on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/ File)
February 19, 2018, 2:42 pm
Why ‘Milchan law’ at core of PM graft case is about so much more than tax breaks
Amendment 168, which Netanyahu allegedly sought to extend, opens a back door for money launderers. Who is blocking the Tax Authority from canceling the law’s key clause — and why?
By Simona Weinglass
Arnon Milchan, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu on March 28, 2005. (Flash90)
February 14, 2018, 1:18 am
What is the ‘Milchan Law’ that Netanyahu is accused of advancing for bribes?
Police say PM sought to accelerate amendment on tax exemptions for new immigrants; critics say law has helped turn Israel into a paradise for tax evaders and money launderers
By Simona Weinglass
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