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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify at the District Court in Tel Aviv in his corruption trial on September 16, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 18, 2025, 9:10 am
In final day of Case 1000 cross-examination, PM says ex-lawyer’s cancer impacted memory
Prosecutors will now turn to Case 4000, after Monday’s hearing on unrecorded meetings and legal advice PM sought on gifts from moguls
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's lawyer Yaakov Weinroth seen in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on February 24, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 18, 2018, 1:25 pm
Late Netanyahu lawyer said to have scripted plan for PM to quit amid graft probe
On his deathbed, Yaakov Weinroth reportedly told friends he thought PM should avoid uncertainty of trial by stepping down and striking ‘lenient’ deal with law enforcement
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the funeral of prominent defense attorney Yaakov Weinroth, in Netanya. October 16, 2018. (Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 9:38 pm
Netanyahu, senior ministers join hundreds at funeral of top lawyer
PM, a former client, eulogizes Yaakov Weinroth as ‘a great man and a unique personality’ who ‘spread a great light’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's lawyer Yaakov Weinroth seen in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on February 24, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 9:30 am
Top lawyer Yaakov Weinroth, defender of Israel’s leaders, dies at 71
Prominent defense attorney who represented Netanyahu, Liberman, former presidents and ministers in corruption cases, continued working almost to his last day despite cancer
By Michael Bachner
Yariv Levin, right, and Ze'ev Elkin of the Likud party attend a Knesset plenum session on March 12, 2014. (Flash90)
October 5, 2018, 11:25 pm
Netanyahu allies said to give testimony in graft case as PM grilled by police
Likud ministers Yariv Levin and Ze’ev Elkin called in to police fraud headquarters; in separate case, lawyers for Sara Netanyahu reported planning to quit
By ToI Staff
Attorney Yaakov Weinroth on Channel 2's "Meet the Press," November 26, 2016. (screen capture)
February 15, 2018, 3:54 am
Netanyahu’s lawyer derides bribery allegations against PM
If PM was indeed being bribed, Yaakov Weinroth says sardonically, it would make him a hapless ‘arch-shlemiel’ as deals never went through
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, tour Ramat Hanadiv, a nature park in northern Israel, April 25, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 9, 2017, 4:59 am
Netanyahus said treated to gourmet meals, as new details into illicit gifts probe emerge
Australian businessman James Packer reportedly paid for food worth thousands of shekels sent to PM’s private home in Caesarea, split costs of cigars, champagne with Arnon Milchan
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara boarding a plane to New York for an official state visit to the US, September 20, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 8, 2017, 9:20 pm
Newspaper editor ‘had no idea’ his publisher was cooking up deal with Netanyahu
In recorded conversation at heart of corruption probe, PM reportedly told Yedioth publisher Arnon Mozes he would reduce impact of rival Israel Hayom in return for favorable coverage
By Raoul Wootliff
Publisher and owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Noni Mozes seen in Tel Aviv on March 26, 2014. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
January 8, 2017, 11:58 am
Newspaper publisher said to be at center of Netanyahu probe
PM reportedly promised Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes he would work to reduce the impact of rival newspaper Israel Hayom in return for more favorable coverage
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Israeli ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2017, 6:07 am
Netanyahu reportedly recorded discussing ‘quid pro quo’ with businessman
Pact would have secured unnamed Israeli tycoon ‘achievements’ worth ‘a fortune’ in exchange for helping PM, report says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) seen with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 11, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
January 7, 2017, 9:17 pm
Kahlon denies exploring possible coalition without Netanyahu
As opposition politicians attack PM over alleged corruption, finance minister says TV report claiming he’s looking at alternatives is false
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Berlin, October 22, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 7, 2017, 8:53 pm
‘Netanyahu asked Kerry 3 times to help his benefactor Arnon Milchan with US visa’
TV report says PM intervened with secretary after his Hollywood producer friend lost his 10-year residency permit; opposition MKs slam PM’s ‘corruption’
By ToI Staff
Hatnua's Tzipi Livni shakes hands with Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in November 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 7, 2017, 3:10 pm
Taking gifts from ‘sugar daddy’ is corruption, ex-Labor leader says of Netanyahu
Opposition politicians criticize PM’s conduct as police probe his receipt of costly cigars, other alleged favors, from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan
By ToI Staff
Arnon Milchan (center) with Shimon Peres (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu, March 28, 2005. (Flash90/File)
January 7, 2017, 6:11 am
Film mogul, power broker, ex-spy, Arnon Milchan is central to Netanyahu graft probe
Israeli Hollywood producer reportedly keeps the PM supplied with fine cigars and the PM’s wife with champagne. Illicit benefits or just gifts from a good friend?
By ToI Staff and Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Israeli ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2017, 8:52 pm
Second probe against PM ‘publicly damaging, but may not lead to indictment’
Investigators say matter involves businessman seeking quid pro quo with Netanyahu; premier allegedly asked Kerry for help in securing visa for friend Arnon Milchan
By ToI Staff
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