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Court extends restrictions on Netanyahu adviser Urich in Bild leak probe affair

Senior Judge Yaakov Spasser ruled that Urich will remain barred from working at the Prime Minister’s Office for an additional 60 days.

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 23 January 2026), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA).

Netanyahu met Republican US Senator Ernst at Jerusalem Office, PMO says

Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

Bild case: Hearing scheduled for today on extending restrictive conditions of PMO chief of staff

US Senator Lindsey Graham holds a press conference in Jerusalem, November 2024; illustrative.

'Crucial time in the Middle East': Sen. Lindsey Graham to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu


Israel should expand territory 'when war is forced upon it,' Gaza hostage father says

Co-founder of the hawkish Tikva forum, Tzvika Mor's comments, come after the Israeli Security Cabinet voted to approve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to occupy Gaza City.

Tzvika Mor, the father of Eitan Mor who held hostage in the Gaza Strip speaks during a lecture in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

To understand Israel's collapse, we must look at who Netanyahu surrounds himself with - opinion

In Israel, the quality of a leader’s inner circle is a matter of survival. The Prime Minister’s Office's current lack of a permanent director-general is a key weakness.

Then-alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett and then-finance minister Avigdor Liberman attend a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in 2022. They have each served as an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; now, they both want to replace him, the writer notes.

PMO: All countries 'that truly want to help' welcome to join humanitarian aid airdrops to Gaza

"We airdropped aid to Gazan civilians and we called on other nations to join us. Some have already done so," the PMO added.

A plane releases airdropped humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, July 30, 2025.

Herzog clashes with Dutch PM over threat to suspend Israel from EU programs

Tensions erupted between Herzog and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, following a statement from the Netherlands suggesting punitive European measures against Israel.

 President Isaac Herzog.

Qatargate investigation: Urich will appear for pre indictment hearing - lawyers

The Prime Minister's Office responded to Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara's intention to indict Urich on Monday, calling it a "disgraceful announcement."

 (L to R): Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yonatan Urich (illustration).

Documents indicate 'Qatargate' suspect Eli Feldstein footage deleted from PMO cameras

Documents reveal concerns that footage of Eli Feldstein in the "Qatargate" case was deleted from security cameras in the Prime Minister's Office, raising questions about the investigation's integrity

 Eli Feldstein, who were arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation seen at the District Court in Tel Aviv, on May 15, 2025.

Mother of hostage Ran Gvili disrupts Shin Bet hearing: ‘Don’t you dare use the hostages’

Almog Cohen claimed that Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit kicked out a hostage's mother out of the Shin Bet hearing on Tuesday.

 Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, rally outside the PM's office in Jerusalem, calling for the government to seal a deal which would see all hostages released, on July 01, 2025.

It is time for Bibi to pass the torch - opinion

While a constant refrain is heard here that only Bibi can do the job, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy that prevents younger people from even thinking of getting involved in a political arena.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his wife, Sara, in celebrating the election victory in 1996. He became the first Israeli prime minister elected directly by popular vote, its youngest, and the first born after Israel’s independence.

How will Netanyahu's dramatic cross-examination affect his criminal trials? - analysis

The prosecution is proceeding very conservatively to score any points it can on Netanyahu, concerned that otherwise he could outfox them on the witness stand.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2025.

Tug of war: Netanyahu and High Court gamble with Israel's future over Shin Bet head - opinion

The dangerous flirtation of Israeli public leaders with the horrifying prospect of disobeying a High Court ruling, which will likely result in the dissolution of Israeli society.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee meeting in April. She says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to advance the appointment of Maj.-Gen. David Zini as head of the Shin Bet is invalid and illegal.