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(L) Publisher and owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Arnon 'Noni' Mozes arrives for questioning at the Lahav 433 investigation unit in Lod on January 15, 2017. (Koko/Flash90). Shaul Elovitch arrives at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing in Case 4000, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)
January 22, 2020, 11:25 pm
AG says he is weighing charging media corporations tied to PM probes
Yedioth Ahronoth’s publisher, Bezeq’s controlling shareholder both face charges in the prime minister’s alleged efforts to trade favors for positive media coverage
By TOI staff
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrate outside PM Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on November 21, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
November 22, 2019, 3:40 pm
Oceans apart, American Jewry is as fragmented as Israel’s government
Episode #12: NYT writer Ronen Bergman on Netanyahu’s criminal indictment * Forward editor Jodi Rudoren wants US Jews to communicate * Veteran Israeli analyst talks coalition effort
By Yaakov Schwartz
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly government conference, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 22, 2019, 1:40 pm
Full text: AG’s announcement of decision to indict Prime Minister Netanyahu
Document provides overview of the decision and its reasoning, as well as a summary of the charges
By TOI staff
Publisher and owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Arnon 'Noni' Mozes arrives for questioning at the Lahav 433 investigation unit in Lod, January 15, 2017. (Koko/Flash90)
November 21, 2019, 9:46 pm
Media magnates Mozes, Elovitch hit with bribery charges in Netanyahu cases
Yedioth Ahronoth publisher, Bezeq controlling shareholder both implicated in prime minister’s alleged efforts to trade favors for positive media coverage
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 11, 2019, 2:33 am
PM’s wife asked official to slow help to mogul after poor news coverage – report
In fresh leak from Case 4000, state’s witness Nir Hefetz tells police he was sent to tell top communications official to ease up on regulatory change that would benefit Elovitch
By TOI staff
Shaul Elovitch arrives for extension of his remand in Case 4000 at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, February 18, 2018. (Flash90)
November 8, 2019, 10:07 pm
In transcripts, Bezeq head appears to acknowledge swaying coverage for Netanyahu
In latest leak from investigation, Israeli TV publishes conversations between Shaul Elovitch and CEO of Walla news site, who says ‘you brought him the elections’ in 2015
By TOI staff
Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua. (YouTube screenshot)
November 7, 2019, 10:12 am
In transcripts, media outlet CEO takes orders on news coverage from PM spokesman
Chats show Walla head Ilan Yeshua consulting with Nir Hefetz, now a state’s witness, on whether to publish content, asking for okay on hiring political correspondent
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 31, 2019, 11:53 pm
PM’s wife during police questioning: Media ‘stepping on me like a cockroach’
Leaked transcripts detail Sara Netanyahu’s defense of her meddling in Walla news site; ex-MK said to testify billionaire Adelson offered to make him ‘king of the world’
By Michael Bachner
Shaul Elovitch arrives at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for an extension of his remand in Case 4000, February 22, 2018. (Flash90/File)
September 1, 2019, 10:04 pm
State summons Elovitch, other ex-Bezeq executives for pre-indictment hearing
Suspicions in probes that led to Netanyahu case surround fraudulent expense of NIS 110 million from Bezeq coffers as well as leaking of information
By TOI staff
A composite image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Bezeq controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch. (Flash90; Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)
August 29, 2019, 4:46 pm
Netanyahu reportedly downplayed ties to owner of ‘crappy’ Walla news site
PM, suspected of bribery, reportedly told police he only had casual relationship with Shaul Elovitch, described his website as insignificant
By Stuart Winer
Jewish men slaughter a sheep for the Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 15, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 18, 2019, 5:34 pm
Activists, journalists detained over Passover sacrifice attempt at Temple Mount
Haaretz editor blasts police for arrests, calls on force to release seized cameras and other equipment
By TOI staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a Channel 12 News conference in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2019, 10:42 pm
AG said to order further testimony in key Netanyahu graft probe
Senior figures at Walla news site give supplementary evidence in corruption case, according to TV report; measure not expected to delay decision on indictment
By TOI staff
American businessman and investor Sheldon Adelson, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Medicine Faculty buildings at the Ariel University in the West Bank, June 28, 2017. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
December 6, 2018, 4:16 pm
Netanyahu wanted Adelson to buy news site involved in graft case — report
PM worked to find acquaintance who would purchase Walla outlet, but owner Elovitch had no intention of selling asset that gave him access to premier, report says
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reads a newspaper in the Knesset. Jan 06, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/ FLASH90)
December 3, 2018, 2:57 pm
The media czar on Balfour: 7 things to know for December 3
Bribery suspicions against Netanyahu regarding his attempts to control the press sharpen the divide between his backers and detractors and throw biases into the spotlight
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves before lighting a stylized-candle during the start of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, in Ramat Gan in the suburbs of the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on December 2, 2018. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
December 2, 2018, 11:52 pm
Opposition excoriates PM for saying criminal probes were ‘skewed from the start’
Tzipi Livni says PM slandering police; Yair Lapid sees ‘anxious and frightened’ premier; Meretz chief labels him a ‘criminal’
By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff
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