Shai Nitzan

Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a cabinet meeting on January 4, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

January 20, 2019, 1:23 am

Netanyahu accuses attorney general of ‘setup’ after TV news profile

Prime minister, under investigation for corruption, calls Avichai Mandelblit’s decision to speak to Hadashot news ‘unprecedented in the annals of the Israeli judiciary’

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 5, 2015. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)

January 18, 2019, 9:14 pm

AG said to conclude Netanyahu should be charged with bribery in Case 4000

Mandelblit set to summon PM for pre-indictment hearing next month, TV report claims; lawyers for Netanyahu slam the leak, say no basis for bribery charge

By TOI staff

Israel Bar Association former chairman Efi Nave is seen at a Tel Aviv court on January 16, 2019 (Koko/Pool/Flash90)

January 18, 2019, 5:33 pm

Suspicions former top lawyer helped intern pass bar exam in exchange for sex

Police question woman as witness over whether scandal-plagued Efi Nave also helped her find a job in return for sex; intern said to deny she received benefits from relationship

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 17, 2019, 10:15 pm

AG indicates Netanyahu pressure won’t delay decision on indictment

Mandelblit agrees to meet PM’s attorneys, is reportedly set to reach decision in graft probes before April’s elections despite calls to postpone

By TOI staff

January 17, 2019, 4:28 pm

Israel Bar Association chief resigns amid sex corruption scandal

Efi Nave, suspected of advancing judicial appointments for sexual favors, says he doesn’t want his troubles to hurt the association

By TOI staff

January 16, 2019, 10:20 pm

Head of Israel Bar Association named as top lawyer in sex scandal

Effi Naveh, suspected of advancing judicial appointments for sexual favors, released to house arrest

By TOI staff

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at a Conference at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, January 16, 2019. (Flash90)

January 16, 2019, 4:51 pm

Minister bemoans judicial sex scandal as top lawyer said set to take leave

Opposition calls for justice minister to resign after top lawyer arrested on suspicion of having sex with judge he helped appoint, and with wife of 2nd judge he tried to promote

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative photo of a man in handcuffs (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

January 16, 2019, 12:17 pm

Senior lawyer held, reportedly for promoting judge in exchange for sex

Suspect allegedly had sexual relationship with judge he helped appoint, also said to have had sex with wife of another judge he tried to promote; top legal officials to testify

By Michael Bachner

The headquarters of the Israel Police's Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in Lod. (Flash90)

January 16, 2019, 11:01 am

Senior legal official arrested, others questioned in judicial corruption probe

Judicial Selection Committee, including justice minister and Supreme Court chief, said to be called to testify in sealed probe; AG recused from case over friendship with suspect

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then finance minister Yair Lapid attend a signing ceremony for a new private port to be built in Ashdod, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 23, 2014. Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

January 12, 2019, 9:50 pm

Lapid says he won’t sit in Netanyahu-led government if AG announces indictment

Yesh Atid leader vows that even before hearing process is completed, he won’t join PM in a coalition after April elections if AG says he will indict

By TOI staff

Coalition chairman David Amsalem attends a Likud party event in Tel Aviv marking the Jewish new year on September 6, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

January 6, 2019, 5:29 pm

Coalition whip: ‘Disgraceful’ for ex-Supreme Court justice to criticize PM

David Amsalem accuses Eliyahu Matza and other judges of left-wing bias, says people losing trust in rule of law amid Netanyahu probes

By TOI staff

Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018 (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool)

January 6, 2019, 3:54 pm

Minister accuses attorney general of trying ‘to topple Netanyahu’

Likud’s Regev launches first direct attack on Mandelblit’s handling of corruption probes, amid reports he will release indictment findings before elections

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at a Likud faction meeting on December 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 6, 2019, 2:39 pm

Ex-Supreme Court justice likens Netanyahu’s rhetoric to crime boss threats

Eliyahu Matza says PM’s statements on justice system and attorney general constitute ‘actual incitement, in the criminal sense of the word’

By TOI staff

January 6, 2019, 10:01 am

AG to announce decision on Netanyahu indictment next month — report

Mandelblit will release his findings before elections, Haaretz reports; statement on behalf of PM says Case 4000 investigation moving too fast and ‘something smells’

By TOI staff

A still from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's video saying that elections, like an amputated arm, cannot be returned, January 5, 2019 (Screen grab via Facebook)

January 5, 2019, 8:46 pm

Netanyahu compares proceedings against him to cutting off arm of accused thief

Prime minister says if hearing is called before April elections it must be completed before country goes to the polls as an election result ‘cannot be returned’

By TOI staff