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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has resumed, with a key witness painting a picture of an image-obsessed Israeli leader forcing a prominent news site to flatter his family and smear his opponents. The testimony came as Mr Netanyahu’s chances of securing another term in office following last month’s parliamentary elections appeared to be dwindling in high-stakes political talks hosted by the country’s figurehead president just a few miles away. In a nationally televis...

Mr Netanyahu has been charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.

Netanyahu faces uphill political battle as corruption trial resumes Israeli prime minister ‘not close’ to assembling a majority in the 120-seat Knesset about an hour ago Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu leaves the courtroom in Jerusalem on Monday. Photograph: Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP via Getty   Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has resumed, with a key witness painting a picture of an image-obsessed leader forcing a prominent news site to flatter his fami...

The evidentiary phase of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust will begin on Monday, after a number of delays. Prosecutor Liat Ben-Ari is to deliver a much-anticipated opening statement when the trial begins at the Jerusalem District Court, followed by testimony by Ilan Yeshua, the former CEO of the Walla News site and the key witness in the first case of three cases to be heard. Open gallery view Netanyahu has arrived at the Jerusalem cour...

Chief investigative reporter for Zman Israel, The Times of Israels sister Hebrew website Jacob Bardugo sticks his tongue out in jest toward photographers while awaiting a court hearing in his libel case brought by former Netanyahu spokesman Nir Hefetz, on May 25, 2020 (Reuven Kastro, courtesy of Walla) Army Radio – Galei Zahal – was for years considered Israel’s leading radio station. Managed by the IDF and funded by the taxpayer, it was no government or military propaganda outfit, but a ...

Follow Jan. 3, 2021 An amended indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filed by the State Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday details 230 instances in which Netanyahu or members of his family sought to improve coverage of them on the Walla news website while he served as communications minister. According to the new indictment, Netanyahu was directly or indirectly involved in 155 of these instances, and was aware that his family members were frequently and systematically making additio...

A guide to Israel’s perplexing political parties As Israel gears up for its fourth national election in two years, the political landscape continues to shift Oded Balilty/AP People walk by election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside the Blue and White party leaders in Tel Aviv in April. By Share The first day of Israel’s national election campaign kicked off with a bang yesterday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals on the right...

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks during an event at Bar Ilan University, March 4, 2020. (FLASH90) “This is a personal investigation, rather than an investigation that focuses on a concrete suspicion,” they concluded. Also Sunday, the Jerusalem District Court authorized the release of some confidential information from the Netanyahu investigations to the defense team, partially approving a request from the prime minister’s lawyers. The documents include the full testimony of form...