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Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel attends a Science and Technology Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 6:40 pm
Likud recount could push veteran minister out of Knesset as fraud claims roil party
Etty Atia, backbencher and ally of Likud bigwig Haim Katz, overtakes Gila Gamliel in fresh tally of primary vote; Gamliel says Katz trying to ‘steal’ vote, files police complaint
By ToI Staff
Haim Tzuri, the long-term mayor of the northern city of Kiryat Motzkin. (Screenshot)
March 26, 2023, 9:19 pm
Kiryat Motzkin mayor charged with multiple corruption offenses
Haim Tzuri accused of offering job to activist in rival party in exchange for information, gathering municipal data on locals’ political preferences to secure reelection
By Michael Horovitz
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 2, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 5, 2023, 2:26 pm
Defying AG, ministers advance bill that would let Netanyahu keep financial gift
High Court has ruled PM must return $270,000 he received from his cousin to cover legal fees; Baharav-Miara warns bill could ‘open door to real governmental corruption’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg is filmed apparently receiving a stack of cash in a clip released on August 14, 2022. (Screen capture/Channel 12)
August 16, 2022, 1:53 am
Petah Tikva mayor filmed taking cash from man involved in his alleged bribery case
Clip circulates as judge extends Rami Greenberg’s remand by four days, orders authorities to look into claims that his cell is infested with ticks, bedbugs, and cockroaches
By ToI Staff
Petah Tikva mayor Rami Greenberg on December 5 2017. (Rami Greenberg/ Wikipedia CC-BY-4.0)
July 13, 2022, 8:58 am
Petah Tikva mayor is municipal head suspected in corruption case
Rami Greenberg makes online denial of allegations after police detain him and three others on suspicion of extorting organizations to fire his enemies and their family members
By ToI Staff
Brian Klaas, author of 'Corruptible.' (Photo by Sheng Peng)
April 1, 2022, 4:19 am
Putin ‘a great illustration of how power-hungry monsters’ overstay their welcome
For his new book ‘Corruptible,’ author Brian Klaas interviews presidents, philanthropists, cult leaders, terrorists and dictators to see if power truly changes people for the worse
By Rich Tenorio
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Downing Street, in London, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
November 18, 2021, 9:13 pm
The sleaze engulfing Westminster makes our Knesset look relatively principled
Imagine the outcry if MKs were serving as paid lobbyists for commercial entities, devoting much of their week to 2nd jobs, and near-openly buying their seats in parliament
By David Horovitz
Kfar Saba Mayor Yehuda Ben-Hamo appears at a remand hearing at Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on February 13, 2017, after he was arrested for suspected corruption. (Flash90)
October 12, 2021, 2:12 pm
Former Kfar Saba mayor convicted of making personal use of funds meant for needy
Court says Yehuda Ben-Hamo created a ‘fraud mechanism’ and seized $171,000 worth of gift cards and cash
By ToI Staff
In this Oct.29, 2020 file photo, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony in Nice, southern France (Valery Hache; Pool via AP, File)
March 1, 2021, 4:03 pm
Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, jailed for a year
66-year-old politician found guilty of illegally obtaining information from magistrate; faces another trial for illegal financing of 2012 campaign
By Sylvie Corbet
Former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver leaves US District Court in New York, July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
August 26, 2020, 10:19 am
Former NY Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver due to surrender for prison term
76-year-old Democrat to begin serving 6.5-year sentence for graft after years-long appeal process
By AP
Israelis wait outside the IKEA branch in Netanya, after the company opened some of its branches in Israel, on April 26, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 11:37 am
Protesting cemetery closures, bereaved families mark 2-minute silence at IKEA
Furniture mega-stores became a symbol of inconsistency in coronavirus regulations when they were allowed to reopen last week while many smaller businesses remained shuttered
By ToI Staff
Then-health minister Yaakov Litzman at a press conference about the coronavirus at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
April 26, 2020, 1:15 pm
Health minister denies donations influenced his decision to let IKEA reopen
Owners Shulem Fisher and Matthew Bronfman reported to have given millions of shekels to Yaakov Litzman’s Gur Hasidic sect in recent years
By ToI Staff
In this image from video, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks on the Senate floor about the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington, Febuary 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
February 5, 2020, 10:12 pm
Mitt Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump
US president virtually certain to be acquitted on charges by the Republican-run Senate in Wednesday vote
By Alan Fram
In this image from video, Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington on January 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
January 30, 2020, 8:20 pm
Dershowitz says his Trump impeachment defense was distorted
Prominent jurist argues that, even if proven, the quid pro quo charge at the heart of the Ukraine scandal cannot be grounds for impeachment
By LISA MASCARO, Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces his intention to seek Knesset immunity from prosecution, in Jerusalem on January 1, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
January 2, 2020, 6:09 am
Seeking immunity and 61 MKs to back it, Netanyahu sets up a trial by election
By laying the groundwork for parliament to save him from prosecution, the PM turns March’s national vote into more than a referendum on his rule and his legal troubles
By Raoul Wootliff
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