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Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Haim Katz will be tried, subject to a hearing, for offenses of bribery, receiving fraudulently under aggravated circumstances, fraud and breach of trust. This was announced by the prosecutor's office tonight. It is suspected that between 2000 and 10/2000 a "give and take" relationship developed between Katz, who was then a member of the Knesset and chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee, and financial adviser Motti Ben-Ari. In the framework of the connection, Ben-Ari gave Katz allegedly benefits that cost him millions of shekels, and in...

Businesswoman and Bank Hapoalim owner Shari Arison was interrogated at the Lahav 433 unit for eight hours and at the end was released accompanied by her lawyer Nati Simhoni. She was investigated in the bribery case at Shikun & Binui. Efrat Peled, chairman and CEO of Arison Investments, was also investigated for her right hand and her confidante

The son of businessman Lev Leviev Zevulun is one of the 10 suspects in the smuggling of diamonds to Israel. The other suspects are Moshe Leviev, brother of Lev Leviev, Reuven Shamalov, Asher Yechieli, Hanania Issacharov and Yehuda Isor. Medov in the smuggling of diamonds through the LLD company owned by the well-known businessman who is currently in Russia. According to suspicions, the suspects, each according to his share, managed a network of smuggling diamonds to Israel and beyond its borders, over many years, amounting to about 300 million

The investigation into the file 3000 is completed after two years and the police recommend that six suspects be brought to trial: Police claim evidence has been formed against six involved in the submarine affair: Brig. Gen. (res.) Avriel Bar Yosef, Brig. Gen. (res.) Shai Brosh, Attorney David Shimron, former minister Modi Zandberg and David Sharan, who said that "there was not enough evidence to commit crimes" from attorney Yitzhak Molcho, his close associate, advisor and former personal envoy to the prime minister

The police announced that an evidentiary basis was found against Interior Minister Aryeh Deri for fraud and breach of trust while serving as a minister. In addition, evidence was found for the commission of tax offenses in significant amounts of millions of shekels, money laundering, disruption of court proceedings and the submission of a false affidavit to the State Comptroller and the Knesset Speaker regarding his assets and income

The police released a few details about the case, according to which the Lahav 433 investigation unit was being investigated on suspicion of committing offenses of integrity in connection with the appointment of judges. In this context, a suspicion of sexual bribery was investigated. Against this backdrop, detectives raided the offices of the Israel Bar Association. At the entrance to the office, citizens were prevented from entering and explained: "At the moment we have no activity

The Supreme Court accepted Tnuva's petition and instructed Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel to adopt the recommendation of the Government Prices Committee from March 2018 and raise the maximum price of supervised dairy products by 3.4 percent. According to estimates, this is an average increase of NIS 10 a month per household

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit rejected the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyers to postpone the hearing scheduled for the beginning of October, even though the elections will take place about two weeks before the hearing. On behalf of Mandelblit, it was stated: "After considering all the relevant interests, the attorney general found that there was no justification for granting the request." The legal system estimates that Netanyahu will petition the High Court of Justice. Three weeks ago, the prime minister's attorney requested that the hearing be postponed, and...