Supreme Court

High Court hears petitions demanding October 7 state inquiry, bereaved families disrupt hearing

High Court October 7 inquiry hearing: Justices hear petitions to force the government to establish a state commission, two and a half years after the Hamas massacre.

A hearing on a petition demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026.
Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.

After a $655M PLO verdict, Oct. 7 victims go after Hamas's money - interview

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Israel's Supreme Court orders renewed review on rape suspect's name publication

Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.

Iran executes two men convicted of espionage for Mossad and plotting attacks


Court petitioners: Gofman's Mossad post 'not appropriate in a democratic regime'

A new High Court petition seeks to block Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman’s Mossad appointment, citing flaws in the vetting process and serious allegations in the Elmakayes affair.

Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

Supreme Court justices accuse Levin of deepening judge shortage as appointments clash escalates

The Sunday letter, replying to Levin’s Judicial Selection Committee notice, said he had finally acknowledged, after delay, the harm caused by failing to convene the committee and fill posts.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem. January 21, 2025.

Legal brief filed to support case of Ohio Orthodox Jew banned from holding minyan in home

In January 2021, Daniel Grand invited a small group of neighbors to his home for Shabbat prayer services - a minyan, the quorum of ten men that Jewish law requires for communal worship.

A Jewish person holds Tehillim, the book of Psalms, seeking solace in prayer on Memorial Day in Tel Aviv

High Court voids limits on MK visits to security prisoners, rejects Tibi request to meet Barghouti

In a split outcome on the broader issue, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Daphne Barak-Erez held that the so-called “factional outline” could not stand.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Beersheba court sentences two caregivers for abuse of toddlers in daycare

Two caregivers in Beersheba were sentenced to prison after being convicted of repeatedly abusing toddlers, with the court stressing the betrayal of trust and lasting harm to the children.

Illustration photo of a toddler kindergarten.

Jewish families, rabbi, ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school

The group filed a motion Wednesday in federal court in Oklahoma City seeking to intervene in the lawsuit brought by the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation.

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.

US Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Trump ally Steve Bannon

The justices threw out a lower court's decision to uphold Bannon's 2022 conviction for refusing to turn over documents or testify to a congressional panel that investigated the January 6 attack.

Steve Bannon, former advisor to former U.S. President and now President-elect Donald Trump, speaks with the media outside New York Criminal Court, on the day of a pre-trial conference hearing in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, in New York City

Your Taxes: You can't have your matzah and eat it, too

Israel's Supreme Court rules that if you enjoy employee share/share option tax breaks, you don’t receive others.

Calculating taxes

US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy

The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, rejected Colorado's argument that its law regulated professional conduct, not protected speech.

A PERSON wearing a rainbow mask is seen during the Brooklyn Liberation's Protect Trans Youth event in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, June 13, 2021.

Carol Fesler appeal puts sentence in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case back before court

Rafael’s death in May 2023 became a rallying point for wider public frustration over road violence, accountability, and what many in the Ethiopian community saw as failures in cases' treatment.

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.