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Charles Kushner, nominee for US Ambassador to France, looks on as US President Donald Trump meets with US ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 10:33 am
Trump’s in-law Charles Kushner confirmed as US ambassador to France
Father of US president’s son-in-law approved 51-45; citing Holocaust survivor parents, real estate developer who was pardoned by Trump has said he’s dedicated to building ties
By AP
Wolt couriers in downtown Jerusalem, October 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 10:15 am
Delivery company Wolt suspected of tax fraud worth NIS 33.5 million
Corporation’s operations chief in Israel detained over allegations he used fictitious invoices to write off large sums
By ToI Staff
File: Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, on the South Lawn of the White House, April 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
June 20, 2023, 5:54 pm
Hunter Biden charged with income tax evasion and illegally owning a weapon
Son of US president will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony firearm charge
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at court, August 18, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
August 18, 2022, 7:19 pm
Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg takes deal, pleads guilty to tax evasion
Former executive at ex-president’s company admits to taking in over $1.7 million worth of untaxed perks, sentenced to five months at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex
By Michael R. Sisak
Then-Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry office in Jerusalem, September 23, 2019. (Flash90)
July 19, 2022, 4:52 pm
Ex-finance minister Kahlon grilled over alleged involvement in credit firm scandal
Lawyer for former Kulanu leader insist ‘his time as chairman of Unet was directed toward the benefit of the public’
By ToI Staff
Model Bar Refaeli poses for photographers upon arrival at the Dior ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection in Paris, February 26, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP)
June 6, 2022, 7:29 pm
David Ezra, father-in-law of Bar Refaeli, suspected of smuggling 475,000 euros
Chairman of food conglomerate Neto Group tells Tax Authority money was intended for contractors working on a vacation home he bought in Greece
By ToI Staff
Former MK Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on January 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 25, 2022, 2:18 pm
No longer an MK, Deri convicted of tax offenses in plea bargain
Shas party leader already resigned as part of agreement to avoid moral turpitude charge; prosecutors seek NIS 180,000 fine and 12-month suspended sentence
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Aryeh Deri at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2021, 6:18 pm
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri indicted for tax offenses after plea deal
Agreement expected to see opposition lawmaker, who has previously been jailed for bribery, resign from Knesset but possibly return as soon as next elections
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on July 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 23, 2021, 4:08 pm
Aryeh Deri admits to tax offenses as part of plea deal, will resign from Knesset
Attorney-general confirms agreement won’t see Shas party leader charged with moral turpitude, allowing him to run again for office; good-governance group vows High Court appeal
By Raoul Wootliff
Shas party chairman and Minsiter of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri leads a party meeting at the Knesset on September 22, 2019, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2021, 7:50 pm
Plea deal reached for Shas chief Deri to admit tax offenses, resign from Knesset
Ex-con MK Aryeh Deri to pay a fine of some NIS 180,000 and admit to two tax offense charges that won’t bar him from running for office in next election
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, speaks as he meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (GPO)
December 22, 2021, 1:39 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 22 – Is the US listening to Israeli warnings on Iran?
US correspondent Jacob Magid on Israel’s influence over Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna; and political reporter Tal Schneider on Aryeh Deri’s get-out-of-jail-free card
By ToI Staff
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri speaks during a meeting of the right-wing and religious opposition parties at the Knesset, June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 20, 2021, 10:51 pm
Deri said set to sign plea, quitting Knesset for second time over corruption charges
Shas head, an ex-con, expected to admit to tax offenses that won’t bar him from running for office in next election; party says he’ll remain at helm; decision awaits AG signature
By Raoul Wootliff
Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch is seen at a press conference in Tel Aviv to announce his entry to politics on December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
December 10, 2021, 9:34 am
Former general, would-be top cop Gal Hirsch announces he has cancer
Hirsch, a controversial figure for his role in 2006 Lebanon war, and recently indicted for alleged tax offenses, says he is in good hands and will ‘persevere on this front as well’
By ToI Staff
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
October 21, 2021, 4:07 pm
Ex-general Gal Hirsch indicted for tax evasion totaling $1.9 million
Withdrawn candidate for police commissioner and 3 business partners accused of evading taxes on more than $12 million of income from defense deals in Georgia
By ToI Staff
Gal Hirsch, a former IDF brigadier-general who had been tapped to be the next head of the Israel Police, arrives to testify before the Turkel Committee vetting his appointment at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 1, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
October 17, 2021, 11:46 pm
Ex-general Gal Hirsch expected to be indicted within days — report
Withdrawn candidate for police commissioner and 3 business partners accused of evading taxes on more than $11 million of income from defense deals in Georgia
By ToI Staff
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