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Yinon Magal

Right-wing media personality Yinon Magal attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Lapid decries Magal: A hater of Israel, a traitor from within
Netanyahu ally slams ‘despicable’ Bibas family, others who contributed to book blaming PM for hostage deaths
By ToI Staff
Media personality Yinon Magal rails against people who contributed to the book 'Mr. Abandonment,' also singles out widow of downed navigator Ron Arad
Host Yinon Magal on Channel 14's 'The Patriots' show on August 30, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2026, 1:42 am
Police scrap plan for officers to join audience of contentious right-wing talk show
Police renege after first defending sending 70 officers to join studio audience of Channel 14’s ‘The Patriots’; meanwhile, force ordered to address complaint against channel’s pundits
By Charlie Summers
Yair Netanyahu (left) and Sara Netanyahu listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver a speech at the 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025, in New York City. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images/AFP)
November 13, 2025, 2:29 am
Netanyahu decries ‘slander’ of his wife and son by leading right-wing commentators
PM accuses Yinon Magal and Amit Segal of ‘joining the venomous choir of evil’ against his family, after the two alleged political interference by Sara Netanyahu and Yair Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
In this screen capture from an i24 broadcast, an AI-generated image depics Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his corruption trial, December 11, 2024. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 11, 2024, 8:58 pm
TV station says AI-generated depiction of PM in Eichmann-like cage was ‘mishap’
i24 comes under fire when first-of-its-kind AI video depicting Netanyahu at corruption trial appears to show him in a glass box reminiscent of the trial of Nazi war criminal
By ToI Staff
Host Yinon Magal on Channel 14's 'The Patriots' show on August 30, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 31, 2023, 1:17 pm
Right-wing pundit on Rabin murder: ‘When people are silenced, there is violence’
Channel 14’s Yinon Magal under fire for appearing to justify Yigal Amir’s motives in assassinating PM in 1995; last month, panelist on same show called for Amir’s release
By Michael Bachner
Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, should be released from prison, on a Channel 14 panel on July 30, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 31, 2023, 2:57 am
Panelist on right-wing TV calls to free Rabin assassin, to audience applause; is booted
Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, who is serving life term without possibility of parole, should be released; Channel 14 says he will no longer appear on network
By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff
Channel 14 workers and supporters protest against Yair Lapid, the then-prime minister, in Tel Aviv on October 11, 2022. The poster reads: "Especially now: 14" (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 6:28 am
As divisions sharpen, an incendiary right-wing news channel finally finds an audience
Channel 14 now draws as many viewers as legacy networks, giving voice to conservatives tired of mainstream news, despite repeated scandals and charges of pro-Netanyahu propaganda
By Amy Spiro
Yinon Magal arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's graft trial, July 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 6:26 pm
Ex-Walla editor denies Netanyahu stories were killed at higher rate than others
Yinon Magal testifies for 2nd day in Netanyahu graft trial, saying police were uninterested in hearing of coverage being skewed for other politicians; court breaks until September
By ToI Staff
Journalist Yinon Magal arrives for a court hearing in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on July 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 7:28 am
At Netanyahu trial, former Walla editor describes ‘outside meddling’ in coverage
Yinon Magal says there were ‘political and economic pressures’ on the news site to remove unfavorable coverage, including of PM’s family and associates
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
A medical professional with Clalit Health Services waves in his next patient to receive a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, at the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 17, 2022, 2:19 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 17 – There’s science behind those booster shots
Health and science writer Nathan Jeffay offers commentary on vaccine boosters; political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses whether Benjamin Netanyahu will remain at Likud helm
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing on a lawsuit against former premier Ehud Olmert, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on January 10, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/POOL)
January 16, 2022, 7:42 pm
Campaign to cover Netanyahu’s legal costs raises over NIS 2 million
Activist lawyer warns money crowdfunded by right-wing journalist may be illegal, could constitute an ethical violation if ex-premier takes it
By Tal Schneider and Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2021, 6:54 pm
Likud said pressing Yamina’s Ayelet Shaked to ensure Netanyahu stays PM
Unsourced TV report says premier seeking to sow division in party to thwart a coalition not led by him, cites pro-Netanyahu journalists’ tweets calling on Shaked to jump ship
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the flight back from the Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization accords ceremony at the White House, September 16, 2020. (Facebook)
September 17, 2020, 5:56 pm
Picture of Netanyahu apparently sleeping on plane floor stirs debate
PM seen snoozing on his return flight from Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization accords ceremony at White House, after plans for private jet were nixed
By ToI Staff
Former Knesset member and Walla editor Yinon Magal delivers a statement to the press outside his home in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2016. (Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 10:09 pm
Right-wing radio host and ex-MK says he’d shoot journalists if he were Netanyahu
Yinon Magal comes under scathing criticism, with police saying they will give recording to prosecution; he claims it was ‘satire’
By ToI Staff
Israeli journalist Dan Margalit in Tel Aviv, March 14, 2017 (Gideon Markowicz/POOL)
October 17, 2018, 12:51 pm
Six women accuse veteran Israeli journalist of sexual assault, harassment
Haaretz breaks report on allegations against Dan Margalit, an author and television host, who in the past was a top writer for the daily
By Stuart Winer
View of a plenum session of the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Flash90)
July 30, 2018, 4:46 pm
27 gone out of 120: Knesset sees record number of dropouts
Almost a quarter of lawmakers have given up their seats since being elected in 2015, and the number is likely to rise
By ToI Staff
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