Trial

Trump’s intervention turns Herzog’s pardon dilemma into a diplomatic trap - analysis

Trump’s public demand that Herzog pardon Netanyahu has turned a domestic legal dilemma into a political and diplomatic minefield with consequences for Israel’s sovereignty.

|ByHERB KEINON
US President Donald Trump makes an announcement at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2026.
Rabbi Kalman Ber attends the second round in the elections of for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024.

Chief Rabbinate opens certification exams to women after High Court ruling

The Chief Rabbinate opens its exams to women after a court ruling deemed the long-standing exclusion unlawful. A historic moment for equality in Israel’s religious institutions.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A picture taken on August 4, 2016, shows the office of the US-based Christian NGO, World Vision, in east Jerusalem, Israel.

Hamas documents name former World Vision Gaza director as member of terror group

The documents discovered by the IDF proved Hamas monitored and restricted the movement of World Vision staff, fearing whistleblowing attempts.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea August 12, 2025.

South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to jail for bribery by Unification Church

The court cleared Kim, the wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted from office last year, of charges of stock price manipulation and violating the Political Funds Act.

|ByREUTERS

Netanyahu trial to end early after PM receives sealed envelope

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial resumes amid US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit, and the IDF's invasion into Gaza City.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testifies in his trial, December 10, 2024 (illustrative)

Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years for plotting a coup after his 2022 loss, sparking US criticism and possible sanctions.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro receives the Friends of Zion Award in Jerusalem

Netanyahu trial: Monday schedule by prosecution may be tweaked due to internal court strikes

The court later announced that, due to the strikes, there would be no one available to record the protocol of a closed-door hearing.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu appears at the Tel Aviv District Court last month before testifying in the trial against him. He will not resign before the next scheduled election, the writer maintains.

How will Israel find legal justice for the atrocities of October 7? - opinion

The pursuit of accountability must rise to meet the gravity of the offenses and ensure that the voices of victims are heard on an international stage.

AUGUST 2, 2025ByCOCHAV ELKAYAM-LEVY, IRWIN COTLER
THE WRITERS have a discussion, during Prof. Cotler’s recent visit to Israel, in connection with their collaborative efforts on the civil commission’s initiatives.

PMO: Netanyahu sick from food poisoning, resting at home for three days

Netanyahu will be unable to attend the scheduled criminal trial hearings this week and is set to resume in September.

JULY 20, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Tel Aviv District Court for his criminal trial proceedings, July 14, 2025.

French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

JULY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.

Rare trial to begin in challenge to Trump-backed deportations of pro-Palestinian campus activists

Judges have ordered the release of students detained by immigration authorities after they argued the administration retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian advocacy

JULY 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Students rally at the Columbia University campus in New York City, US, April 17, 2025

Netanyahu reports feeling ‘sick,’ trial hearing ends early

The testimony in the trial began on Tuesday morning behind closed doors, due to the sensitivity of the information disclosed.

JUNE 11, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
BILLS HAVE already been introduced to dissolve the Knesset, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with the key actors in this drama to try to avert that outcome. Here, Netanyahu arrives in the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court, before the start of his testimony on Tuesday.

‘I wasn’t a dog that answers to whistles,’ Netanyahu says at trial

Netanyahu testified that his friendships with billionaires Milchan and Packer were personal, denying any political favors despite evidence of gifts and contact.

JUNE 9, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Benjamin Netanyahu at a previous hearing in his trial; illustrative.

Netanyahu trial: Cross-examination testimony opens in Tel Aviv

JUNE 9, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court for day three of cross-examinations in his corruption trial, May 9, 2025.