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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

Shlomit Barnea Farago

Prime Minister's Office Legal Adviser Shlomit Barnea Farago arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 18, 2025, 2:36 pm
Deputy AG raises concerns PM’s office deliberately stalling on finding new legal adviser
Gil Limon says ‘no justification’ for delay in replacing Shlomit Barnea Farago, who is retiring in March; warns temporary appointment would harm independence of the post
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister's Office Legal Adviser Shlomit Barnea Farago arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2023, 9:34 am
PM’s office tried to oust its legal adviser, a witness in Netanyahu’s trial – report
Office director Yossi Shelley said to initially refuse to extend term of Shlomit Barnea Farago, seen as premier’s adversary; backtracks after being told it is akin to firing her
By ToI Staff
Yair Netanyahu [left], his father the prime minister, President Obama, and Sara Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Residence, March 2013 (screenshot: Walla! News)
December 30, 2021, 11:19 pm
Netanyahu says disappeared state gifts lost or broken; AG may probe matter — TV
PMO legal adviser reportedly orders return of some 30 items that vanished after former premier left office; his lawyers say they are unable to comply
By ToI Staff
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 16, 2021, 1:11 pm
Group urges probe of ‘disappeared’ gifts given to Netanyahu that are state property
Movement for Quality Government asks attorney general to look into whereabouts of dozens of now-missing items presented to former PM when in office
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on August 1, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 29, 2021, 2:33 pm
Netanyahu accused of pocketing dozens of gifts he received as PM — report
Prime Minister’s Office said to tell opposition leader to return unaccounted-for items, including presents from Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister's Office Legal Adviser Shlomit Barnea Farago attends an award ceremony in Jerusalem on December 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2021, 8:52 am
Netanyahu said threatening to sue legal adviser at PM’s office
Public broadcaster says ex-premier’s lawyer warned Shlomit Barnea Farago legal proceedings could be initiated, after reports on police probe into funding of home renovations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, visiting a weapons depot at the Sirkin IDF base in central Israel, January 30, 2019. (Haim Tzach/GPO)
February 14, 2019, 2:14 am
After flouting election law, PM and Likud take down photos with IDF troops
Election regulations forbid using uniformed soldiers in campaign ads, but Netanyahu has been flaunting his visits to bases and openly mocking the restriction
By ToI Staff
Legal counsel to the Prime Minister's Office Shlomit Barnea Farago (YouTube screenshot)
January 25, 2019, 9:52 pm
Report: Netanyahu tried to dismiss PMO legal counsel, who testified in his cases
According to Haaretz, the premier asserted that Shlomit Barnea Farago no longer enjoyed his trust, but an attempt to fire her was blocked by the attorney general
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister's spokesman Nir Hefetz at the Herzliya Magistrate's Court for a libel suit against him and other associates of the prime minister on December 26, 2017. (Flash90)
January 23, 2019, 2:41 pm
Former Netanyahu confidant’s diary details spending fights, alleged misuse
Channel 13 reports that Nir Hefetz, spokesman-turned-state’s witness in PM’s criminal probes, kept detailed records for years about Netanyahus’ demands for public funds
By ToI Staff
A general view of the Prime Minister's Office building in Jerusalem (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 12:37 am
PMO said to boot official who blocked state renovation of Netanyahu private home
Accountant Eli Fisher passed request to Finance Ministry, which ruled plans went beyond maintenance and constituted home improvements that are forbidden by law
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara pose for a photograph at the Taj Mahal in the Indian city of Agra on January 16, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / STR_
June 26, 2018, 4:13 am
Netanyahu accuses media of spreading ‘Bolshevik propaganda’ against his family
PM lashes out at reports quoting PMO officials concerned over lavish, allegedly illicit spending by his wife, including an alleged $6,000 mini-bar bill paid for by the state
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the new emergency ward at the Barzilay hospital, in Ashkelon, Israel on February 20, 2018. (Flash90)
June 25, 2018, 2:02 am
PM’s wife accused of sending dirty clothes on state trips for dry cleaning
Tape transcripts made public on Sunday show PMO officials concerned over lavish, allegedly illicit spending by Sara Netanyahu 8 years ago
By ToI Staff
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