Bribery

Israel government corruption drops in public perception, Transparency International poll suggests

The CPI score measures how corrupt a country's government is perceived to be by its citizens, with 0 being the most corrupt and 100 being the least corrupt.

 Knesset building illuminates in colors of US flag in honor of Trump's strikes on Iran nuclear facilities, June 22, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the complete disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip with "no delay" at the Knesset, Jerusalem. January 26.

Netanyahu trial: Prosecutors accuse PM of tailoring narrative on Elovich ties in Case 4000

Arnon Ben Dor, Chairman of the Histadrut, visits in the Northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona., June 27, 2024.

Histadrut corruption probe: Judge blocks extension of restrictions on union chairman

Ronel Fisher seen after a court hearing in the Fisher case at the Jerusalem District Court, January 13, 2026.

Court sentences Ronel Fisher to community service, citing severe investigative failures


As PM’s lawyer quits, Netanyahu’s mentality revealed about who should pay

The crisis hits as Netanyahu has insisted that he should not have to pay much of his own legal fees to defend himself in his bribery trial.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu's lead lawyer quits over lack of funds

Netanyahu has had a wide array of lawyers in and out of his defense team in recent years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a speech at his Jerusalem office, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the coronavirus, March 14, 2020

State investigating possible hack into Netanyahu bribery case files

A prosecutor at some unspecified time logged on to the staff’s files only to find certain files missing.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Who are the prosecutors for Benjamin Netanyahu's bribery trial?

The prosecutors expected to run Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial are lesser known but potentially as powerful.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a face mask, stands inside the courtroom at the Jerusalem District Court as his trial opens on May 24.

How to turn the tables on the Swiss banks – opinion

The bank or financial institution may have received not only a disclosed fee appearing on your bank statement, but also a hidden fee from the fund or similar where they invested your money.

Calculating taxes

Iranian judge accused of jailing journalists indicted for bribery

The US government news organization Radio Farda reported that Mansouri “issued arrest warrants for 20 journalists in a single day on February 8, 2013."

Iranian journalist Ali Moallem, the publisher of Donya-ye Tasvir Monthly, faces the judge at a press court in Tehran October 16, 2005. Iran's hardline judiciary put the publishers of three magazines on trial on Sunday as it tried to clear a backlog of cases related to a heavy media crackdown over th

What on earth is media bribery, and should it be a crime? – analysis

How could Mandelblit indict Netanyahu for a nonexistent crime that is unheard of not only in Israel, but on most of the planet?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu to ask court to broadcast trial live

"They don't like it that I am not a poodle."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recommends Israelis use the namaste greeting to avoid contracting coronavirus at a press conference in Jerusalem on March 4

The trial of the century begins as Netanyahu heads to court

Legal Affairs: The prime minister faces bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.

THE OUTSIDE of Jerusalem District Court, where the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take place.

Head of Chief Rabbinate kashrut to be indicted for bribery

Rabbi allegedly took cash in return for bypassing supervision procedures

THE BUILDING of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem.