Nathan Milikowsky

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/POOL/AFP)

July 25, 2019, 2:43 am

PM told police his cousin gave him thousands of dollars in cash a year — report

In latest leaked transcripts from Netanyahu’s questioning, premier says he doesn’t recall the total amount of money he received from Nathan Milikowsky over the years

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an event marking one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 24, 2019, 11:00 am

For third time, panel rejects PM’s request for outside funding of legal defense

After Netanyahu refuses to give info on his finances and relationship with US billionaire, committee says he can’t accept funds

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Memorial Day ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on May 8, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

May 24, 2019, 9:31 pm

State panel postpones decision on outside funding for PM’s legal defense

Oversight committee to decide in a month on whether to approve PM’s request for help to foot his legal bills, after he missed deadline to give info on his finances

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 13, 2019, 1:34 am

Netanyahu’s lawyers, Permits Committee in standoff over funding of legal defense

Oversight group says PM needs to declare assets and explain ties to a foreign businessman before they will again consider his request to allow him to seek help covering expenses

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

File: Nathan Milikowsky in 2013, in San Francisco (Drew Altizer Photography)

May 7, 2019, 7:24 am

Netanyahu withdraws request for legal defense money from his cousin

State comptroller has denied PM’s bid to receive funding from Nathan Milikowsky and other wealthy foreign benefactors to aid in corruption cases

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on April 14, 2019. (RONEN ZVULUN /AFP)

April 16, 2019, 5:59 pm

Netanyahu lashes ‘fake news’ after report alleges new probe over shares sale

Police issue rare public statement denying that anti-corruption investigators are looking into PM’s decade-old stock deal with cousin

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara at an event of the Likud party in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 16, 2019, 2:13 pm

At Likud victory event, Netanyahu slams media, says will work for all citizens

PM says ‘many’ Arab leaders have congratulated him, adds some TV analysts ‘haven’t yet understood’ last week’s election results

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

April 8, 2019, 4:15 pm

Ombudsman reportedly says PM never got permission to buy shares in cousin’s firm

Contradicting Netanyahu’s story, state comptroller tells AG that Permits Committee did not authorize stock purchase in Seadrift

By TOI staff

April 4, 2019, 11:39 pm

Ombudsman said to call on AG to probe Netanyahu for false financial statements

According to TV news report, Yosef Shapira has evidence of possible wrongdoing in Netanyahu’s business dealings over the past decade

By TOI staff

Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen after delivering a statement to the media at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 4, 2019, 4:39 am

Report: PM ‘likely benefited’ from sales by cousin’s company to Gaddafi’s Libya

Huffington Post: Netanyahu held SeaDrift shares at time it supplied company that made deals violating US nonproliferation rules; spokesperson: Netanyahu was passive investor

By TOI staff

March 29, 2019, 7:49 am

Netanyahu’s links to his cousin’s medical firms may be probed

Attorney general said looking into possible conflict of interest between Netanyahu’s role as health minister and Nathan Milikowsky’s ownership of health companies

By TOI staff

March 22, 2019, 10:41 pm

Report: Prosecutors probing PM’s stock dealings, but ties to sub case unlikely

Investigators said looking into claims Netanyahu made millions in sale of shares to his cousin, but do not believe there is any connection to Case 3000

By TOI staff

Miki Ganor attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 22, 2019, 2:46 pm

Supreme Court orders state witness in submarines case kept in custody

Judge accepts prosecutors’ appeal against releasing Miki Ganor to house arrest, says his change of testimony marks ‘restart’ of investigation

By TOI staff

March 21, 2019, 10:30 pm

Netanyahu and the submarine scandal: Everything you need to know

As prosecutors reportedly mull a criminal probe against the PM in yet another case, what exactly are the purchase deals being probed, what are the suspicions and what comes next?

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

March 18, 2019, 7:18 pm

Court: Netanyahu can again seek permission to okay funding of his legal defense

Panel has already ruled twice that wealthy foreign acquaintances cannot foot PM’s hefty bills in the pending corruption indictments he faces

By TOI staff