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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Netanyahu criminal investigations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and aide Hani Bleiweiss arrive at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on February 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 6:09 pm
Court okays hacking of phones seized from PM aide’s kids amid Sara Netanyahu probe
Police now believe Hanni Bleiweiss’s phone is being held by family’s attorney after initially thinking it was among devices seized from her children
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives testimony in his trial on corruption charges in a courtroom of the Tel Aviv District Court, December 18, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 5, 2025, 11:18 am
Judges agree to postpone Netanyahu testimony for two weeks as he recovers from surgery
Defense and prosecution tasked by Jerusalem District Court with arranging for another defense witness to take the stand on days that had been scheduled for PM to testify
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu attends a prayer for the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by the Hamas terror group , at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 29, 2024, 1:02 am
PM’s wife accuses AG of ‘terrorizing Israeli democracy’ with probe into her conduct
Sara Netanyahu’s lawyer pens letter to state prosecutors, claiming their decision to order police investigation into her alleged witness tampering is attempt to ‘harm a sitting PM’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives to testify at the Tel Aviv District Court for his long-running corruption trial, December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)
December 13, 2024, 3:52 pm
‘The Bibi Files’ can’t be seen in Israel. That hasn’t stopped Israelis
Fortuitously timed documentary being ‘pirated like wildfire’ despite privacy laws against footage from Netanyahu’s corruption interrogations and his best efforts to scrap the film
By Jocelyn Noveck
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , right, converses with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during a Likud faction meeting on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2024, 8:01 pm
Knesset speaker slams court for failing to coordinate Netanyahu’s testimony with him
Ohana says schedule will prevent PM from attending ceremony with Paraguay’s president; premier’s associates reportedly pushed to set Peña’s speech to collide with court date
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier stands guard behind sandbags in Kibbutz Hanita near Israel's border with Lebanon, November 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 26, 2024, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 26: Day 417 – Northern mayors livid about possible ceasefire
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses the expected truce with Hezbollah; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon reviews the PM’s trial and a Palestinian olive harvest
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 2:22 pm
International, domestic legal woes close in on Netanyahu, as Israel’s isolation mounts
While ICC warrant for PM’s arrest is widely seen in Israel as unjustified, his corruption trial, a leaks scandal and his stance on a hostage deal are more divisive
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, June 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 27, 2024, 8:55 am
Netanyahu’s lawyer tells court PM can only testify in corruption trial in March 2025
Attorney say premier’s management of Hamas war means many months are needed to prepare him to take stand without compromising his legal rights; hearing on matter set for July 9
By ToI Staff
National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi arrives for a court hearing in the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 5, 2024, 6:41 pm
National security adviser gives testimony in Netanyahu graft trial
Tzachi Hanegbi, who was acting communications minister during period covered in Case 4000, says merger of Bezeq and Yes at heart of allegations was right course of action
By ToI Staff
Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 25, 2023, 5:43 pm
Attorney general asks High Court to strike down law shielding Netanyahu from recusal
Baharav-Miara backs petition by Movement for Quality Government seeking unprecedented judicial action against Basic Law passed in March keeping court from ordering PM’s suspension
By Jeremy Sharon
Former state attorney Moshe Lador attends a conference at the Knesset on December 11, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 1, 2023, 6:13 pm
Ex-state attorney: Judges in PM’s trial made ‘unprecedented error’ in bribe comments
Moshe Lador assails justices for telling attorneys behind closed doors they doubt charge will stick, in statements that immediately leaked. ‘What were the judges thinking?’
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Netanyahu trial Judges Moshe Bar-Am, Rebecca Friedman-Feldman and Oded Shaham. (Justice Ministry)
June 29, 2023, 9:19 pm
Judges in Netanyahu trial confirm suggesting prosecution drop bribery charge
Justices issue official record of contents of meeting, note that the state’s representative rejected their appeal
By ToI Staff
Police chief Roni Alsheich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 28, 2023, 11:05 am
Ex-police chief says he thought Netanyahu would resign following criminal indictment
Comments by Roni Alsheich, who oversaw investigation of PM, spark backlash from ministers; then-AG Mandelblit: ‘His words don’t reflect decision-making process’
By Amy Spiro
Judges take their seats at the Jerusalem District Court judges to listen to the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial on June 25, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
June 25, 2023, 11:55 pm
After leak, prosecutors request all talks with Netanyahu’s judges be on record
Move comes amid a push to fast-track the trial, following reports that the bench considers a conviction unlikely on the most serious count in one of the three corruption cases
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 10, 2022 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
June 24, 2023, 8:47 pm
Report: Netanyahu judges also urging mediation in billionaire benefactors case
Meanwhile, after justices reportedly warned prosecution that bribery will be hard to prove, PM’s lawyers pan officials’ ‘hasty, outlandish’ decision to proceed with charge anyway
By ToI Staff
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