Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand again on Monday in his ongoing trial for alleged corruption.

Benjamin Netanyahu said he had no time to smoke cigars or drink champagne, as he denied receiving illegal gifts in his first court appearance in his long-running corruption trial. The Israeli ...

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in which the prime minister is accused of having illicitly received hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cigars, champagne, and jewelry — much of it allegedly at Sara Netanyahu’s request.

Israeli police are conducting a criminal investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Sara Netanyahu is now being investigated by Israeli police for suspected criminal offences after being accused of trying to ...

Netanyahu will answer during his court appearances to charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. He is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of ...

In the first case, Netanyahu and his wife are accused of accepting more than $260,000 worth of luxury goods such as cigars, jewellery and champagne from billionaires in exchange for political favours.

The investigation follows a December report by Israeli Channel 12’s Uvda news programme, which alleged that Sara Netanyahu ...