Corruption

'Didn't know, didn't think': Netanyahu denies trading media favors as Case 4000 continues

Case 4000 is considered the most serious of the three cases because it involves an alleged direct quid-pro-quo between the regulatory authority and favorable media coverage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.
View of the closed Elbit Systems stand after the four main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow have been shut down by organizers during the 55th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025.

Elbit Systems-associated consultant accused of manipulating NATO contract terms

Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Authorities in Tehran warned last week of possible rolling cuts to water supplies in the capital amid what officials call the worst drought in decades.

Decades of mismanagement, corruption pushed Iran toward water collapse - analysis

Maryam Ilyas

Trainee police officer who passed secrets to drug dealer boyfriend banned from force


Israel needs to find a way to move on after years of Netanyahu corruption trial - editorial

With the haredi draft and West Bank annexation alone, there are major issues on the table to be faced in the future.

Activists protest outside the home of President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, calling not to grant a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 30, 2025.

Chief of Lahav 433 was 'illegally detained' for seven hours by Internal Affairs, says attorney

"The Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department chose to violate the law, to detain and then even unlawfully arrest Binyamin,” claimed Assistant-Chief Meni Binyamin's attorney.

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

Hadar no more: How the Zionist establishment has betrayed the Jewish people - opinion

What took place at the 39th World Zionist Congress was not merely a procedural fiasco, nor a bureaucratic misstep; it was the exposure of a system decaying from within.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

Ukrainian chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption police search home

Yermak confirmed that his apartment was being searched and said he was fully cooperating with the investigators.

Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak looks on, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024.

Ukrainian investigators question key peace talk figure in corruption probe

Local media reported that Rustem Umerov was questioned as a witness by anti-corruption investigators, but authorities have not accused him of any wrongdoing.

Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov speaks during a press conference after the third round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, July 23, 2025

Senior local authority official detained at Ben-Gurion Airport amid Histadrut corruption probe

Per reports, the official, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, is suspected of election-bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

Israeli police and border guard officers deploy at Ben Gurion Airport on July 6, 2011 as part of preparations for the arrival of a "Pro-Palestinian Fly-In", organised by European and North American activists to travel en masse to the West Bank.

Netanyahu on witness stand: There were coverage requests, but they were inconsequential

Netanyahu argued that while he focused on creating a more “diverse” media environment, he never refrained from routine conversations with journalists about coverage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Netanyahu on witness stand: There were coverage requests, but they were inconsequential

Netanyahu questioned on Bezeq ties as bribery probe resumes in court.

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, October 28, 2025.

Netanyahu trial: Court shortens Monday hearing as scheduling changes continue

The latest change follows several recent adjustments to the trial schedule.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Brazil's Bolsonaro detained over flight risk, damaged ankle monitor

Bolsonaro has been under house arrest for violating measures in a separate case involving allegations of courting US interference to aid in his criminal case.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes,  in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025.

UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

UK inquiry finds Boris Johnson’s delayed lockdown and chaotic leadership contributed to around an additional 23,000 COVID deaths.

BORIS JOHNSON, one of many contenders for the Conservative leadership