Yedioth Ahronoth

Shaul Elovitch arrives at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)

December 23, 2020, 1:05 pm

Bezeq ex-owner Elovitch indicted in case that led to probe against Netanyahu

Tycoon and series of former executives accused of securities fraud; prosecutors say they’re weighing filing charges against Walla, Yedioth Ahronoth media groups in Case 4000

By Michael Bachner

Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits the Jerusalem Municipality on November 10, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 23, 2020, 11:55 am

‘Yalla Fauda’: After setting up submarine probe, Gantz says he’s ready for fight

Alternate PM accuses Netanyahu of putting country on backburner to deal with his legal woes, insists he is not afraid of early elections

By Raoul Wootliff

A man walks out from a building of Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp. January 25, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

November 2, 2020, 10:35 am

Media groups embroiled in Netanyahu graft cases won’t be charged — report

Attorney general has decided not to indict Yedioth Ahronoth, Walla and Bezeq, meaning PM’s trial won’t face delay; premier’s associates decry ‘absurd’ decision

By TOI staff

Likud Minister Gila Gamliel speaks at a conference at Tel Aviv University on June 11, 2019. (Flash90)

October 23, 2020, 7:54 pm

Gamliel rejects misconduct allegations, says enemies trying to get her fired

Cleared of lying to virus contact tracers after she broke lockdown and caught COVID-19, environment minister says her reforms are provoking the ire of ‘narrow-minded stakeholders’

By TOI staff

Coronavirus czar Roni Gamzu during a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at the Jerusalem city hall on August 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

September 8, 2020, 11:04 am

After red light from lawmakers, virus czar says he’ll adjust, soldier on

Ronni Gamzu defends rejected ‘traffic light’ scheme, but says he will rethink plans to bring infection rates down

By TOI staff

Abu Dhabi’s crown prince and de facto ruler of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

September 1, 2020, 10:08 am

Report: Netanyahu made secret 2018 visit to UAE for meeting with crown prince

Prime minister said to have traveled to Abu Dhabi for talks with de facto ruler of the Emirates the same year he went to Oman

By TOI staff

Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash speaks to journalists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

August 14, 2020, 11:40 pm

UAE minister: We bought lot of time on annexation; Palestinians should negotiate

Day after historic deal, Foreign Minister Gargash tells Israeli site his country wants to push forward on normalization with Israel ‘as soon as possible’

By TOI staff

In this December 4, 2016 file photo, released by Emirates News Agency, WAM, Saudi King Salman, second left, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival while seated next to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE prime minister and ruler, left, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, second right, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Emirates News Agency via AP)

August 14, 2020, 1:15 am

UAE committed to Palestinian state, Arab Peace Initiative, spokeswoman tells ToI

Foreign Ministry’s Hend al-Otaiba also notes suspension of ‘Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories’ paved way to establishment of UAE-Israel bilateral relations

By Raphael Ahren

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 19, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

August 13, 2020, 9:29 pm

In halting annexation, UAE paints its Israel peace deal as win for Palestinians

As Jerusalem and DC hail historic agreement on normalization, leaders of the Gulf nation portray that aspect as secondary to keeping two-state option alive

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

From top left, clockwise: Blue and White MK Hila Shay Vazan (Reuven Kopitchniski), Blue and White MK Einav Kabla (Courtesy), Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Avishai Finkelstein), Blue and White MK Tehila Friedman (Courtesy)

July 6, 2020, 10:36 am

Ready for action and hopeful for change: Meet Blue and White’s 4 new female MKs

3 attorneys and a journalist thought their dreams of entering the Knesset were over when they missed the threshold. But last month they got in, after a new law reshuffled the cards

By Joy Bernard

June 13, 2020, 9:25 pm

UAE said to warn Washington annexation will cripple Gulf backing for Trump plan

Abu Dhabi also says Israeli move would end all efforts at public rapprochement with Jewish state, including talk of non-aggression pact, according to TV report

By TOI staff

Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba at an event with then-US House speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 25, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

June 12, 2020, 10:24 am

In first-ever op-ed for Israeli paper, UAE diplomat warns against annexation

Yousef al-Otaiba says much of Arab world wants to believe Israel ‘is an opportunity, not an enemy,’ but the ‘great potential of warmer ties’ is threatened by Netanyahu’s plans

By Raphael Ahren

Left: 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) Right: 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

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)

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