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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Permits Committee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (right). (Flash90)
November 25, 2021, 12:18 am
Netanyahu told to return $900,000 in gifted legal funds from US billionaires
AG Mandelblit tells High Court former PM should give back $300,000 given to him by cousin Nathan Milikowsky and $600,000 he received from real estate mogul Spencer Partrich
By Raoul Wootliff
File: Nathan Milikowsky in 2013, in San Francisco (Drew Altizer Photography)
July 22, 2021, 4:39 pm
High Court says Netanyahu must explain why money from cousin not an illicit gift
Justices order AG, Permits Committee and ex-PM to give reasoning for why the latter doesn’t need to return all of $300,000 he received from Nathan Milikowsky
By ToI Staff
Then-Justice Minister Amir Ohana delivers a speech at a Likud election rally in Or Yehuda, on February 13, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 1, 2020, 10:53 pm
Likud minister: AG is ‘wholly invested’ in Netanyahu’s ‘political liquidation’
Amir Ohana claims Mandelblit denied PM’s request to have friends fund his legal defense because he will be ‘disgraced’ if premier is exonerated
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on August 25, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
August 28, 2020, 8:58 am
Netanyahu made hundreds of thousands of shekels from overseas account — report
Newspaper says financial declarations submitted to ombudsman show PM made substantial earnings on ‘low-risk’ investments, suggesting he has significant funds abroad
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives to a court hearing at the regional labor court in Jerusalem, in the case of Shira Raban, a former employee at the Prime Minister's Residence, December 23, 2019. (Yonatan SIndel/FLASH90)
July 26, 2020, 7:09 pm
Mandelblit questions legality of funding for Sara Netanyahu’s attorney fees
Associates of premier lash out at attorney general, say he’s ‘decided to topple PM at any cost and is charging at him like a train with no brakes’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
July 2, 2020, 4:50 pm
Comptroller committee rejects PM’s request to accept legal funds for trial
Oversight body accepts opinion of attorney general that NIS 10 million donation from US billionaire, also a witness in corruption case, could be considered illicit gift
By ToI Staff
The Jerusalem District Court building (Screen capture: Google Maps)
May 21, 2020, 9:08 am
Judges in Netanyahu trial to get increased security — report
Shin Bet also assessing how to secure Jerusalem District Court during prime minister’s opening hearing; Permits Committee to consider granting him outside funding for legal bills
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the B'sheva group, on February 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2020, 4:28 pm
Panel to reconsider its ban on Netanyahu receiving funding for his legal defense
After three rejections, newly restaffed Permits Committee will weigh letting PM obtain financial help from wealthy friends in his corruption cases
By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)
February 2, 2020, 9:21 pm
Panel to reconsider its ban on Netanyahu receiving funding for legal defense
After 3 rejections, the Permits Committee, now staffed with new members, will take another look at letting PM obtain financial help from wealthy friends in his corruption cases
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves a press conference in Jerusalem after announcing his intention to file a request with the Knesset for immunity from prosecution, January 1, 2020. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
January 2, 2020, 11:19 pm
Netanyahu again asks to receive outside funding for his legal defense
PM’s lawyers said to argue that graft charges against premier mark a significant enough change in circumstances for Permits Committee to reexamine request
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in a composite photo. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2019, 2:49 pm
AG allows Netanyahu to fund legal defense with loan from wealthy friend Partrich
PM’s bid for funding from financiers has long rankled officials, who allege he took illicit gifts in exchange for policy decisions
By ToI Staff
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman speaks at the annual justice conference on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2019, 10:04 pm
Overruling own office, ombudsman okays PM’s loan to pay legal bills
Matanyahu Englman ignores rulings of Permits Committee, which repeatedly rejected Netanyahu’s requests to receive funds from wealthy associates
By ToI Staff
Matanyahu Englman (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem shortly after being nominated for state comptroller on June 3, 2019. (PMO/Twitter)
August 21, 2019, 6:51 am
Losing bite, friendlier state watchdog is accused of being Netanyahu’s poodle
New ombudsman under fire as he mulls axing anti-corruption unit, peppering audits with compliments, refraining from real-time criticism; this after shaking up key oversight panel
By Jacob Magid
Retired judge Sara Frish attends a Labor party meeting in the Knesset, July 4, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)   
August 20, 2019, 11:51 am
Ex-judge backs away from appointment as chair of Comptroller’s Permits Committee
Sara Frish says office, rocked by turmoil over Netanyahu corruption investigation, has become a ‘ball on the political playing field’
By ToI Staff
Newly elected State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman seen during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 8:13 pm
Likud: Investigate Barak for calling state comptroller Netanyahu’s ‘servant’
Democratic Camp candidate says Matanyahu Englman doing bidding of PM in expanding panel that approves premier’s legal defense funds
By ToI Staff
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