Under his watch, corruption inside Israel's police and judiciary grew. Now that he’s in the eye of the storm, he’s prepared to destroy it all, in a lethal show of hypocrisy
Avichai Mendelblit has already prepared an exit clause to disqualify Netanyahu – but he may be too conservative to do it
Coalition whip Miki Zohar recently claimed referring to Netanyahu that 'a prime minister shouldn’t have to look for ways to make ends meet'
The coalition crisis has made it clear that what's really the concern for Netanyahu is the appointment of the attorney general, state prosecutor and police commissioner
President Rivlin expected to deny request from former attorney general and former state comptroller regarding Olmert, who served time over a corruption affair
As it was before Rabin's 1995 assassination, so it is now: Netanyahu is convinced that he's the victim. He accused Rabin of incitement, and now he believes the 'deep state' hunters are out for his blood
Shlomo Raz, who retired last year after 12 years as spokesman of the State Comptroller's Office, warns of how the powers-that-be are slowly but surely eating away at the integrity of this important institution
Netanyahu's lawyers likely to seize any argument they can find to delay the stage in his corruption trial as long as possible
Netanyahu has voiced anger over head of Shin Bet not revealing more details about breach, while Gantz has accused head of Mossad of working with prime minister
Prime minister told investigators that Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes hinted that he could harm Netanyahu's children; when asked why he didn't complain to police he replied, 'who would believe me?'
In police testimony seen by Haaretz, the prime minister approached billionaire Len Blavatnik with a request to buy a news channel long seen as a thorn in Netanyahu’s side and turn it into a right-wing media outlet
In corruption case testimony, Arnon Milchan explains PM's method: 'He told me 'We’re in trouble with the Iranians…soon they’ll start dropping atom bombs on us…I’m sitting here telling you secrets that no one knows'
Israel requested materials meant to help the attorney general decide whether to open an additional corruption investigation into the prime minister
Twenty-eight years ago, Italian judge Giovanni Falcone was killed by the mafia, after a hate campaign deeply reminiscent of the atmosphere surrounding Netanyahu's trial
The prime minister is expected to continue attacking law enforcement agencies, taking aim at the three judges who will hear his case
Allowing the prime minister to remain in power despite the corruption charges against him means those who have dared to stand against him will keep coming under attack – including the court itself
Had he not become entangled in Netanyahu’s investigations and ended up indicting him, Avichai Mendelblit would have been the right-wing government’s darling and the prime minister’s closest confidant
Sure, Gantz can boast that he ousted Amir Ohana as justice minister and replaced him with someone from his party. But after the deal he signed with Netanyahu, that won’t matter very much
Court is part of 'deep state' determined to put Netanyahu in prison, the premier says in private conversations, warns of civil revolt if he's not allowed to rule
Claims to interlocutors that law enforcement has damning info on Lieberman, used it to ‘extort’ him into leaving right-wing bloc
Despite initial reluctance from Justice Minister Ohana to provide Kahol Lavan leader with protection by the service, a ministerial committee consented to the move
Only one thing is stopping Israel’s prime minister from realizing his authoritarian vision: Control of the media
According to one of the ministers, the Netanyahu was concerned about the possible consequences of the Shin Bet monitoring and asked to guarantee that the information wouldn’t leak out
Any decision that affects the premier’s legal troubles – like the justice minister's decision to postpone his trial, which seemed reasonable at face value – will be greeted with extreme suspicion
The prime minister wants to find out if Avichai Mendelblit, a former military advocate general, played an improper role in the so-called Harpaz affair nearly a decade ago
Lawyers for Ehud Olmert, who served jail time on corruption charges, based request on his contributions to the state, while Olmert has expressed interest in returning to public life
Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin, a candidate for Jerusalem mayor in 2018, received a tiny fine despite $2 million in illegal campaign contributions for the race
The attorney general reportedly says there will be no plea bargain in the prime minister’s corruption cases. If not, experience shows that Netanyahu has no reason to be bullish about the venue
One attorney says this is the first time a client has not paid his bill. Netanyahu also plans to reshuffle his defense team if his immunity request fails