Bribery

Nat'l Crime Unit arrests six on suspicion of bribery in raid on Tel Aviv municipality offices

The suspects will be brought to a hearing regarding the extension of their detention at the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court today.

 The water fountain at the bottom of the Tel Aviv Municipality building at Rabin Square on July 5, 2015.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2025.

Netanyahu: I never registered conversations with Mozes as bribery

 US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel back to Washington at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, May 4, 2025.

Qatar plans to gift Boeing 747 private jet to Trump

 (L to R): Yisrael Beytenu MKs Avigdor Liberman and Yulia Malinovsky against backdrop of Qatar (illustration).

New bill seeks to ban undisclosed foreign compensation to Israeli public officials


Former chief rabbi Metzger released on bail after alleged indecent act against minor

Israel Police interrogated ex-Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, previously jailed for bribery, over suspicions of indecent act against minor under 16.

Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger

Israel's soccer leagues face allegations of serious match-fixing

The IFA plans to collaborate closely with the Israel Police to pursue immediate indictments against those implicated.

 ISRAEL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Chairman Shino Zuaretz addresses the media yesterday regarding the investigation into widespread match-fixing in the lower league of Israeli soccer.

Israel Police question Petah Tikva mayor in bribery, breach of trust investigation

Petah Tikva municipality's director, Yaniv Benita, was also detained on Monday morning for additional questioning.

 General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019.

Police probe Ben-Gvir confidant over meddling in Jewish terror cases

The investigators also looked into the issue of Dorfman requesting information into open Shin Bet cases, specifically trying to gain access to confidential material.

 Chanamel Dorfman seen during a tour of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir in Lod, April 17, 2023.

Israel Police arrest two IDF reservists on suspicion of spying for Iran

The suspects were reportedly aware of the nature of their actions and understood they were working for an Iranian operative.

 An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.

All the key characters in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial - explainer

The defense is to open its case around four-and-a-half years after the prosecution opened its case and seven years after the investigations started.

 Cast of key characters in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial.

Lahav 433 investigates NSC chief Tzachi Hanegbi on suspicion of bribery

Hanegbi allegedly wrote a reference letter for a contractor, in exchange for which he reportedly received thousands of shekels.

 National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi speaks during a statement to the media at HaKirya base in Tel Aviv on October 14, 2023

US Senator Bob Menendez resigns after corruption conviction and appeals process

Senator Bob Menendez resigned after his conviction on corruption charges, including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt.

 U.S. Senator Bob Menendez exits the chamber at the U.S. Capitol during U.S. President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial in Washington, US, January 31, 2020.

Parashat Balak: Can God be bribed?

What does God require of us? He demands – and this is a firm demand, not a polite request – that we be good: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God.

 DID THE people of Israel have any real reason to fear Balaam’s curse?

Qatar's money defiles the world - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The contamination of American academia is only part of the princedom’s subversive record.

 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA president Liz Magill (center) delivers an opening statement as she attends a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism’ on Capitol Hill on December 5.

Amid war, Israel's FM hands diplomatic passport to Netanyahu's son

Several of the Likud members who received diplomatic passports through the directive are noted allies of Eli Cohen and would likely be key figures if he entered into primaries for Likud leadership.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) speak to reporters as part of Israel's efforts "to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons" in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023.