Navot Tel-Zur

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May 23, 2019, 12:18 am

After payment issues, Netanyahu’s lawyer in graft cases quits

Navot Tel-Zur leaves prime minister’s defense team after not being paid, leaving Amit Hadad as exclusive representative

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in a composite photo. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 20, 2019, 6:44 pm

Netanyahu asks AG to put off pre-trial hearing by a year, is refused – reports

PM’s attorneys said to cite scope of case files, with Mandelblit inclined to push back July date only to September or October

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, April 3, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

May 14, 2019, 1:09 pm

Netanyahu collects case files, paving way for pre-indictment hearing

Following weeks of stalling, PM says his lawyers have accepted the material after agreeing to receive partial payment

By Raoul Wootliff

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

May 14, 2019, 12:41 am

Prosecution official: If PM doesn’t show for hearing, we’ll indict the next day

Anonymous source tells TV news Netanyahu ‘is making a mockery of the system’ through ongoing delays to legal process

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

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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a signing ceremony for an agreement to build new apartments in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

March 17, 2019, 2:47 am

Ex-judge ‘pressured’ to quit panel that barred tycoons from funding PM’s defense

Opposition chief calls for inquiry after State Comptroller’s Permits Committee head Oni Habash resigns, reportedly telling confidants he faced intense political pressure

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, March 10, 2019. (GALI TIBBON/AFP)

March 11, 2019, 3:09 pm

Netanyahu petitions High Court to allow tycoons to cover his legal defense

PM seeks to overturn State Comptroller committee that twice ruled that wealthy acquaintances cannot fund his attorneys in corruption cases against him

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at the Knesset on February 10, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 26, 2019, 11:47 pm

Justice minister says she can’t help PM’s lawyers with documents on Case 4000

Likud protests after Ayelet Shaked says she does not have authority to approve request for files it says prove Netanyahu innocence in Bezeq graft case

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 25, 2019, 11:21 pm

PM’s defense said to ask minister for documents to help prove his innocence

Attorney says Justice Ministry, in messages with State Comptroller, confirmed Netanyahu’s actions in Bezeq case were aboveboard

By TOI staff

Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, February 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

February 24, 2019, 9:16 pm

Netanyahu rejects decision banning tycoons from funding his legal defense

PM’s attorney tells state comptroller Permits Committee overstepped its authority and made a ‘fundamentally wrong’ ruling

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on February 3, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)

February 24, 2019, 2:02 pm

PM forced to return $300k legal defense money from cousin and clothing donation

Comptroller’s Permits Committee again rejects Netanyahu’s request for tycoon funding in corruption cases against him; Likud slams ruling as ‘outrageous’

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem on December 27, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

February 5, 2019, 2:39 am

Netanyahu may have to return $300k in legal fees from cousin, AG says

PM to be forced to reject funding if comptroller denies his retroactive request for approval; High Court dismisses a petition seeking to delay indictment announcement

By Michael Bachner

A screen shot of the crowd funding page set up to accept donations to cover Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legal defense costs (Screen shot)

January 24, 2019, 3:02 am

Likud activist crowdfunding for Netanyahu legal defense

Move comes after State Comptroller’s office rejects request from prime minister to have wealthy foreign benefactors cover the costs of his legal fees in three corruption cases

By TOI staff

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in December 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 15, 2019, 10:18 pm

Reconsider Netanyahu’s request for legal defense funding, ombudsman urges

Development comes after PM’s lawyer defends $300k payment from cousin, says state comptroller caused him ‘injustice’

By Michael Bachner