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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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