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Raoul Wootliff
Raoul Wootliff
Raoul Wootliff covers politics, corruption and crime for The Times of Israel.
Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev interviewed in 2016 in Nigeria (Hadashot TV screenshot)
June 19, 2018, 12:36 am
Former minister could potentially face death penalty for spying for Iran
Justice Ministry official says capital punishment an option in Gonen Segev's case, but would be an 'unprecedented penalty' for espionage
By Raoul Wootliff
Leader of the Yesh Atid political party, Yair Lapid, and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party, Avigdor Liberman, lead a joint conference in the Knesset regarding Israel's foreign policy. February 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 18, 2018, 8:50 pm
Liberman, opposition heads decry ultra-Orthodox markup to conscription bill
Defense minister calls for coalition partners to unite to pass law, amid threats by Haredi lawmakers to bring down government over latest proposal
By Raoul Wootliff
Then-MK Gonen Segev seen outside the Knesset on March 15, 1993. (Flash90)
June 18, 2018, 4:51 pm
Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev charged with spying for Iran
Ex-politician, previously jailed for drug smuggling, arrested in Guinea and extradited to Israel last month, accused of giving Tehran sensitive information about security, energy
By Judah Ari Gross and Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative photo of soldiers from Nahal Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (Abir Sultan/Flash90, File)
June 17, 2018, 5:59 pm
Netanyahu said seeking to pass ultra-Orthodox enlistment law in two weeks
Amid threats by Haredi lawmakers to bring down government over draft, PM tells faction heads he wants issue resolved within the current parliamentary session
By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff
A still image taken from footage shot in the West Bank on September 25, 2015, shows an IDF soldier hurling a camera belonging to AFP reporters to the ground. (screen capture: YouTube)
June 17, 2018, 2:55 pm
Ministers advance bill criminalizing some filming of IDF, despite AG opposition
Controversial legislation would ban publishing footage that puts military in negative light and 'harms soldiers' morale,' recommend jail for obstructing troops carrying out duties
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then-health minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party, left, at the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
June 15, 2018, 2:32 am
Early elections ‘back on the table’ as rabbis issue ultimatum on enlistment law
Rabbinical council governing most of UTJ ultra-Orthodox party resolves to leave coalition if bill setting target numbers of religious recruits to IDF advances
By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman meets with IDF officers near the Gaza border on June 12, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
June 14, 2018, 12:21 pm
Liberman defends Haredi enlistment proposal as apolitical, necessary
Defense Ministry recommendations include sanctions on draft dodging yeshivas, increased benefits for ultra-Orthodox who serve
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a tour of the Jerusalem Police headquarters at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, October 7, 2015. (GPO)
June 13, 2018, 2:25 pm
Netanyahu ‘blindsided’ by police with surprise submarine probe questioning
Source says investigators wanted to catch PM off-guard by making him believe that he would be questioned on Bezeq case, and not probe in which close confidants are implicated
By Raoul Wootliff
Benjamin Netanyahu touring the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm ThyssenKrupp, as it arrived in Israel on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 13, 2018, 5:53 am
PM says he was unaware of his lawyer’s ties to ThyssenKrupp representative
During testimony in Case 3000, Netanyahu details decision-making process in weapons purchases, insists government's conduct was faultless
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2018, 6:42 pm
In first, Netanyahu gives testimony in submarines probe
Prime minister not a suspect in Case 3000 on purchase of naval vessels; a number of his close confidants could face charges
By Raoul Wootliff
Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting in Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 12, 2018, 6:04 pm
Labor’s Gabbay: Trump-Kim summit signals peace with Palestinians possible
Opposition party leader hails US-North Korea rapprochement; right-wing ministers say it shows Iran's nuclear program can be dismantled
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Protesters demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Jerusalem, ahead of the arrival of police investigators coming to question Netanyahu, on June 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 12, 2018, 11:41 am
Police question Netanyahu in 10th interrogation over graft probes
Questioned for third time in Case 4000, PM expected to be presented with information provided to investigators by former adviser-turned-state's witness Nir Hefetz
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a tour of the Jerusalem Police headquarters at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, October 7, 2015. (GPO)
June 12, 2018, 7:41 am
PM to face police interrogation Tuesday over new evidence in Bezeq graft probe
Questioned for third time in Case 4000, Netanyahu expected to be presented with information provided to investigators by former adviser-turned-state's witness Nir Hefetz
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative image of soldiers belonging to the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
June 12, 2018, 5:12 am
Defense Ministry recommends sanctions on draft dodging yeshivas
Proposal for new law sets minimum yearly targets for ultra-Orthodox conscription that if not met, would result in cuts to budgetary support
By Raoul Wootliff
Members of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee vote in favor of a bill to slash funds to the Palestinian Authority by the amount Ramallah pays out to convicted terrorists, June 11, 2018. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2018, 2:54 pm
MKs reject ministers’ bid for final say on freezing PA funding for terrorists
Lawmakers authorize final votes on measure to deduct welfare payments paid to Palestinian prisoners and their relatives from tax revenues collected by Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
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