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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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on November 18, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

December 2, 2018, 9:38 pm

How the attempt to hide PM’s alleged graft apparently gave it away

A December 2016 bid to coordinate stories of chief suspects Netanyahu and Elovitch may have produced the state’s witnesses who turned on them

By TOI staff

August 7, 2018, 11:37 am

Prime minister and media mogul held ‘back door’ meeting before merger — report

Newspaper says police have testimony that Netanyahu met with Shaul Elovitch ahead of approval to merge national phone company with the businessman’s satellite TV firm

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, July 18, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 25, 2018, 2:20 pm

Netanyahu suspected of trying to help media tycoon sell news site – report

Police said to grill PM on suspicion he tried to shop Shaul Elovitch’s Walla news site to Oracle chief Larry Ellison

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem on December 27, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

February 28, 2018, 11:04 am

PM addressed policies affecting friend’s firms despite legal warning – report

Attorney general had instructed Netanyahu, who was also acting communications minister, to stay away from companies owned by his media tycoon buddy Shaul Elovitch

By Tamar Pileggi

Outgoing Supreme Court President, Miriam Naor (C-R), and incoming President Esther Hayut (C-L) at the Supreme Court during Naor's last ruling and retirement ceremony, in Jerusalem, on October 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 26, 2018, 5:53 am

A wayward judge may be the biggest blow to public trust in Netanyahu probe

Bombshell report of outrageous correspondence between judge and investigator could do more damage to the rule of law than years of attacks by politicians

By Raoul Wootliff

February 26, 2018, 1:04 am

Suspects in Bezeq probe demand immediate release over judge texting scandal

Attorneys of Shaul Elovitch, others say judicial process has been contaminated by apparent coordination between court and investigators on rulings against their clients

By TOI staff

February 25, 2018, 10:11 pm

Police think Bezeq suspect facilitated deal on behalf of PM’s aide – report

Investigators suspect media adviser Eli Kamir brokered illicit agreement that granted the Netanyahus favorable news coverage

By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz. (Judiciary of Israel)

February 25, 2018, 9:53 pm

Texts show judge, investigator in Bezeq case apparently coordinated rulings

Pair removed from Case 4000 after chat shows discussion of remand periods for suspects prior to hearings; lawyers to argue for all of the suspects’ release Monday morning

By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff