Walla

October 12, 2021, 11:52 am

Ex-Walla editor says he quit over ‘brutal’ intervention in coverage of Netanyahu

With trial’s 1st witness, Ilan Yeshua, done testifying after 6 months, Aviram Elad takes the stand, says he agreed to return as editor if interference stopped, but it didn’t

By Michael Bachner

This Jan. 2, 2016 photo shows the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street off Cape Town, South Africa (Johan Victor via AP)

August 1, 2021, 12:09 pm

Iran denies ‘baseless’ Israeli claim it struck ship in deadly attack

But PM Bennett says there’s no doubt Tehran is behind strike that killed 2 people, claims intelligence materials prove it

By TOI staff and Agencies

Iranians, mostly wearing face masks, are pictured in a train carriage at a metro station in the capital Tehran on June 10, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic crisis (STRINGER / AFP)

August 1, 2021, 1:23 am

TV: Israel believes Iran struck ship in response to cyberattack on train system

July hacking of national rail in Islamic Republic also saw hackers publish phone number of supreme leader’s office

By TOI staff and Agencies

July 30, 2021, 9:34 pm

‘Iran is a global problem’: Israel weighs response to deadly attack on ship

Defense chiefs meet after suicide drone apparently targets Israeli-operated vessel near Oman, killing two foreign crewmen; Iranian media say attack was response to strikes in Syria

By TOI staff and Agencies

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the case against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 13, 2021, 4:51 pm

Report: New texts from ex-Walla CEO’s phone strengthen case against Netanyahu

Correspondence also implies other politicians and business people made requests from Ilan Yeshua during his time in the post; trial set to resume July 19

By TOI staff

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony in the corruption trail against Prime Minister Netanyahu, seen at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 10, 2021, 12:43 am

Court grants defense’s request to search phone of key witness in Netanyahu trial

Judges order that contents of relevant conversations by former Walla boss Ilan Yeshua and others be provided to prime minister’s lawyers, possibly lengthening corruption trial

By TOI staff

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his trial on allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 7, 2021, 4:43 pm

Former Walla CEO: Story on Sara Netanyahu taking bottle-deposit cash was removed

Ilan Yeshua says order came from above, against his and editor’s wishes; PM’s attorneys continue cross-examination in corruption trial

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019, when Rivlin tapped Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90

May 27, 2021, 2:57 pm

Ex-Walla CEO testifies he led a campaign against Rivlin on Netanyahu’s behalf

Ilan Yeshua says PM had a clear interest in Rivlin losing 2014 presidential election; cross-examined by premier’s lawyer, Yeshua admits tilting coverage to benefit Liberman, others

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Former Labor head Isaac Herzog (left) and MK Shelly Yachimovich at a party conference in Tel Aviv on December 14, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 25, 2021, 5:26 pm

Witness in PM’s trial: Presidential hopeful Herzog called Labor rival a ‘bitch’

Ex-head of center-left party, who is the leading candidate to replace Rivlin, apologizes to Shelly Yachimovich for ‘unnecessary comment’ from 2013

By TOI staff

Former CEO of the Walla news site Ilan Yeshua arrives for his cross-examination in the graft trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, May 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 24, 2021, 5:14 pm

Ex-CEO testifies Walla owner said Netanyahu and his aides acted like ‘criminals’

‘Our country has been hijacked by criminals,’ says Ilan Yeshua in PM’s bribery trial, adds newsroom was ‘under continuous abuse’ to produce more favorable coverage of premier

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony in the case against Prime Minister Netanyahu who is on trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 4, 2021, 3:19 pm

Ex-Walla CEO: We removed news about bereaved families because PM didn’t like it

Ilan Yeshua says editors were told to take down stories about families of soldiers killed in 2014 Gaza war; says was made to fawn over Sara Netanyahu as if in ‘Byzantine court’

By TOI staff

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony in the case against Prime Minister Netanyahu who is on trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 4, 2021, 10:11 am

Netanyahu’s lawyers begin cross-examining key witness in premier’s graft trial

Ilan Yeshua, former CEO of Walla news, has testified that PM controlled website content as part of alleged quid pro quo with owners

By TOI staff

Former Walla news CEO Ilan Yeshua arrives to testify at a Jerusalem court on April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 20, 2021, 8:55 pm

Netanyahu’s graft trial to pause for 2 weeks as first witness wraps up testimony

Judges cancel several hearings to allow defense to prepare for cross-examination of ex-Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua

By TOI staff

Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives to give testimony in the corruption trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, April 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 20, 2021, 1:24 am

Walla CEO told to scrap article on PM son’s non-Jewish girlfriend ‘at any cost’

Former news site executive recalls owner ordering him to take down article because Netanyahu was set to sign regulatory measure benefitting their principal firm the next day

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on the night of the Israeli elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

April 13, 2021, 1:05 pm

Walla owner told CEO: ‘Give Sara everything, Netanyahu’s killing himself for me’

Former chief of news site recalls Elovitch telling him PM was going ‘above and beyond’ to help the company and ‘we have to find a way to repay him’

By TOI staff