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Shlomit Barnea Farago and a Jacuzzi (illustration). Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening a lawsuit against the legal counsel of the Prime Minister’s Office Shlomit Barnea Farago, Kan 11 News reported Saturday night. Netanyahu’s attorney sent a letter of warning before taking action to Farago following the publication of allegations that Netanyahu used at his private home money that had been intended for use in the prime minister’s office. The police fraud investigation unit...

Prime Ministers Office Legal Adviser Shlomit Barnea Farago attends an award ceremony in Jerusalem on December 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to sue the legal adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office after media reports about suspicions that state funds were used for renovations at his private home in Caesarea, according to Israel’s public broadcaster. Yossi Cohen, a lawyer for the Netanyahu family, sent a demand letter to Shlomit Barnea Fara...

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the Besheva group in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A judge in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by an ex-aide to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Amir Ohana, which claimed the then-minister violated a gag order. According to Channel 12 news, the judge rejected the lawsuit filed in late 2019 by Nir Hefetz against Ohana — who was at the time the...

Get email notification for articles from Netael Bandel Follow Jun. 16, 2021 1:15 AM Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense attorney sought to show in court Tuesday that the owners of the Walla news site did not tilt coverage in Netanyahu’s favor to please him, but only to balance out what they lamented as the site’s left-leaning slant. Attorney Boaz Ben Zur took this line as he continued his cross-examination of the prosecution’s key witness, Ilan Yeshua, former CEO of Wall...

Netanyahu's lawyers also continued their strategy from the previous day, arguing that a number of stories that appeared on the Walla website during the 2013 election campaign could be interpreted as anti-Netanyahu

0 shares Supporters of the Socialist Party wave flags during a rally of their party in Tirana, Albania, April 22, 2021. (AP) For nearly a year, one of the most outspoken defenders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained near-total radio silence. On May 24, 2020, Jonatan Urich, a Likud spokesman, close adviser to the premier and chum of Netanyahu’s bluntly outspoken son Yair, fired off four tweets in support of the prime minister, who was making history that day as the first ...

10 shares Illustrative: Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the graft trial of Prime Minister Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense team on Tuesday began cross-examining the first witness in the premier’s graft trial, who in earlier testimony had told the court how close associates of Netanyahu were directly involved in shaping the content of a news si...

0 shares Former Walla news CEO Ilan Yeshua arrives to testify at a Jerusalem court on April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The first witness in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial wrapped up his testimony Tuesday, with the court halting proceedings for two weeks to let the defense prepare to cross-examine him. Ilan Yeshua, the former CEO of Walla news, has been testifying three days a week since the evidentiary stage of the trial began on April 5. Following the Jeru...

Get email notification for articles from Yossi Verter Follow Apr. 13, 2021 6:00 AM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not seen as a bellicose type. He is cautious in the use of force. When conflict is forced on him, he will seek to end it quickly, without expanding or deepening it. This is what he has done for his 12 continuous years in power. Today, at the most critical point in time for his political and personal future, there are suspicious signs that undercut this perception and that sho...

5 shares Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony in the case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The former CEO of the Walla news site on Monday continued his key testimony in one of the cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, providing further information on the premier’s alleged heavy involvement in the editorial process around 2015. At the Jerusalem District Cour...