Bribery

Tax Authority employees arrested by Lahav 433 on suspicion of corruption, accepting bribes

According to the police, the arrested suspects were thought to have granted around NIS 80 million in illegal tax returns in exchange for the bribes.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss child safety online in London, England, on April 16, 2026.

UK tightens rules on overseas political donations to stop 'dodgy funding,' foreign influence

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 10, 2025.

KAN broadcast investigates pro-PM campaigns spreading fake news rhetoric around Netanyahu trial

Humanitarian aid enters the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, November 17, 2025; illustrative.

IDF indicts two soldiers for smuggling cigarettes, stealing ammo, tax offenses linked with Gaza


Israeli businessman, municipality official indicted in bribery scandal

Former Rosh Ha’ayin Municipality director-general Yigal Yani was charged for receiving bribes in the sum of NIS 27,000 from businessman and contractor Kobi Magnezi

THE ISRAEL POLICE conducts its high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the country’s ‘FBI,’ headquartered in this building in Lod.

Ilan Yeshua testimony in Netanyahu case concludes after six months

Following the end of Yeshua's testimony, the trial’s second witness, former Walla chief editor, Aviram Elad, will be called to testify.

 Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the case against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem,October 11, 2021.

Yeshua testimony to conclude after 6 months

On Monday, the prosecution is expected to do a short round of rebuttal questioning and then they will call the trial’s second witness, former Walla chief editor Aviram Elad.

Former CEO of Walla! Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the case against PM Netanyahu who is on trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 7, 202

Netanyahu trial resumes after three-month delay

The trial of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu for suspected bribery, fraud and breach of trust, which was postponed due to new evidence on ex-Walla CEO's cell phone, reopened on Monday.

Former CEO of Walla! Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony at in the case against PM Netanyahu who is on trial on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 7, 202

Israel's A-G files indictment against ex-Likud chair David Bitan

Mandelblit’s statement in January 2020 alleged Bitan received around NIS 990,000 in bribes along with an unknown value of ownership rights in real estate between 2011 and 2017.

MK David Bitan of the Likud party seen at the election committee where political parties running for a spot in the upcoming Israeli election arrive to present their party list, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 15, 2020.

Ex-deputy minister Kirschenbaum to serve 10 years in prison for bribery

Likud: Proves it's wrong to "put the national treasury in the hands of the most corrupt person in the history of the state"

Faina Kirschenbaum

Likud MK David Bitan indicted for bribery, fraud, breach of trust

In one case, Bitan and another defendant allegedly accepted a bribe of NIS 385,000 to obtain approvals for three real estate projects in Tel Aviv.

David Bitan in Knesset on February 5, 2018.

Benjamin Netanyahu's trial delayed for third time

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial was postponed again, case will mostly resume in October.

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Litzman associate suspected of taking bribe from medical cannabis company

The unnamed man was the third associate of Litzman's to be arrested within three days as part of an investigation into a wide-ranging fraud scheme in the health sector.

UTJ MK Ya'acov Litzman seen in the Israeli parliament on the day of the presidential elections, in Jerusalem, June 2, 2021.

Netanyahu trial: Judges press PM’s lawyers to focus on big picture

Defense: Walla was negative on Bibi even after ‘turning point’ in 2012 meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on before the start of a hearing in his corruption trial at Jerusalem's District Court February 8, 2021