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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Yehuda Weinstein

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hand with Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 14, 2010. (AP Photos/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)
January 17, 2023, 10:37 pm
‘It’s not a reform, it’s a pogrom’: Former AG chastises planned judicial upheaval
Yehuda Weinstein, who served under Netanyahu for 6 years, says he opposes all parts of plan; justice minister, Supreme Court chief meet for first time since trading public barbs
By Jeremy Sharon
File: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (left) and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (right). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2022, 2:00 am
AG to discuss claim that Liberman offered $100,000 to kill senior cop 20 years ago
Finance minister suggests Netanyahu behind ‘baseless’ claim; legal experts say investigation unlikely; police official has called bizarre allegations ‘odd, bordering on outlandish’
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2022, 11:48 pm
Former activist claims Liberman offered him $100,000 to kill a cop; he vows to sue
Finance minister and Yisrael Beytenu chief dismisses series of bizarre claims, including that he aided terror groups, engaged in secret Congo deals; alleges Netanyahu involvement
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 24, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 13, 2020, 12:47 am
Report: AG asked officials to alter reasoning for dismissal of case against him
TV news says Mandelblit twice asked that grounds of closure be changed from ‘lack of evidence’ to ‘lack of guilt’ — first of predecessor, then again of subordinate state attorney
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announces his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases, on November 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
May 22, 2020, 11:42 am
How an indicted Netanyahu put his attorney general on trial
As his corruption trial begins, the PM’s supporters go on the offensive and Avichai Mandelblit finds himself embroiled once more in a decade-old scandal
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Boaz Golan speaking at a Likud-organized conference in Eilat on February 20, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 21, 2020, 9:18 am
Right-wing pundit reads out gagged Harpaz affair transcripts at Likud gathering
Boaz Golan expected to face criminal action for ignoring court order, as Netanyahu supporters seek to bring 2010 scandal back into limelight
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud party event in Lod, on February 11, 2020. (Flash90)
February 18, 2020, 10:16 pm
Netanyahu calls for release of decade-old ‘Harpaz affair’ transcripts
As right-wing pundits accuse Attorney General Mandelblit of a ‘military conspiracy’ to unseat the prime minister, Likud leaders seek to bring 2010 scandal back into the limelight
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a farewell ceremony for outgoing state prosecutor Shai Nitzan in Jerusalem, December 18, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 17, 2020, 10:12 am
New recordings resurface questions over Mandelblit’s role in Harpaz affair
Right-wing daily alleges decade-long anti-Netanyahu ‘conspiracy’ after report says AG, then the top army lawyer, helped then-IDF chief Ashkenazi hinder investigators in 2010
By ToI Staff
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
August 5, 2019, 2:13 pm
Likud’s Gal Hirsch, who was nominated for top cop, accused of massive tax fraud
Four-year investigation into former IDF general, long panned by him as politically motivated, clears him of bribery suspicions in Georgia business deals
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hand with Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 14, 2010. (AP Photos/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)
May 30, 2019, 11:15 am
Netanyahu’s son says his father appointed an AG to exonerate Liberman in 2009
Yair Netanyahu appears to make shocking admission on Twitter; Yehuda Weinstein denies ‘nonsense’ claim he was appointed at Yisrael Beytenu chief’s demand
By Michael Bachner
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira presents the State Comptroller's Report in the Knesset on November 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2019, 1:48 pm
Comptroller ‘disgusted’ by Gallant’s attacks on former AG, ombudsman
Yosef Shapira defends Yehuda Weinstein, Micha Lindenstrauss after Likud minister claims they were extorted into preventing him from getting IDF chief job in 2011
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, at a cabinet meeting on January 4, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90/File)
January 1, 2019, 10:31 pm
TV: AG believes it his ‘duty to the public’ to rule on PM probes before election
Avichai Mandelblit has reportedly ruled out closing cases against Netanyahu, has conferred with former top legal officials who all agreed with his position on timing of decision
By ToI Staff
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
December 27, 2018, 1:16 am
Ex-general Gal Hirsch, a probed almost-police chief, enters politics
Hirsch, whose 2015 bid to lead force was nixed over criminal suspicions, says he’ll join right-wing party with social agenda; police minister wants Likud spot reserved for him
By ToI Staff
Former IDF Brigadier General Gal Hirsch speaks at an event at the IDC Hezliya. January 2, 2017. (FLASH90)
October 8, 2018, 12:31 am
State closes one of its probes into former general who was top cop nominee
Prosecution tells Gal Hirsch it is ending investigations into dubious contract for mine clearing; other probe still ongoing
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara pose for a photograph at the Taj Mahal in the Indian city of Agra on January 16, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / STR_
June 26, 2018, 4:13 am
Netanyahu accuses media of spreading ‘Bolshevik propaganda’ against his family
PM lashes out at reports quoting PMO officials concerned over lavish, allegedly illicit spending by his wife, including an alleged $6,000 mini-bar bill paid for by the state
By Raoul Wootliff
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