The latest on legal issues, criminal investigations, Supreme Court rulings, trial coverage, new laws, legislation and more across Israel.
Lawyers debate if alleged PM crimes had expired.
What happens in Kafr Aqab is no different from Lod or other parts of the country, where crime families brazenly open fire at one another even when police are right nearby.
No longer will bus drivers flee, leaving behind disabled passengers, an adviser to the Defense Ministry said.
The scandal on the episode involved Ariel Roth, one of the prime minister's defense attorneys, who was reportedly recorded conspiring against Netanyahu in a meeting.
His lawyer, Yoram Sheftel, told N12 that “the hour had come to free Yigal Amir.”
This is not just an issue that concerns Israelis, for it also concerns Diaspora Jewry.
While Trump’s lawyers might not be as famous, they are certainly busy.
The complexity of the dispute has implications for many other similar conflicts • The Golan Heights is part of Syria not because of some ancient connection, but because France and the UK decided so.
Sarah Weiss Maudi is the first Israeli woman to ever hold this position, and will represent the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) of nations in the committee.
My bar mitzvah portion 69 years ago commanded we pursue ‘justice, justice.’
The presentations will largely focus on taxation, banking, the structure of the legal system and business opportunities in their respective countries.
The king is not a god and has no special rights.
There are more laws regulating family relationships than almost any other sphere of law.
This book is a unique guide for the perplexed on the complicated matter of wills and inheritance in Israel, that need expertise and individual consultation by a certified professional.
Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said the man died of COVID-19 and was subsequently buried in accordance with international protocols for handling corpses amid the pandemic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Mandelblit’s “scheme to overthrow government” had been “exposed.”
Justices were under attack for alleged double-standard.
The bill, submitted by Israel Resilience Party MK Eitan Ginzburg, is meant to help support victims of terror attacks, but includes LGBTQ victims of hate crimes.
The soldier might not have been prosecuted if he had shot the Palestinian a few moments earlier, before the Palestinian started to flee.
The 6-3 ruling represented the biggest moment for LGBT rights in the United States since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Totally identifying with Suzan-Lori Parks, though not African American but white Jewish Israeli, rage is part of the birthright many of us are heir to.
The proposal was submitted by Likud MK Keren Barak and won unanimous support.
Protests over the death of George Floyd have prompted government and police officials across the US to enact changes aimed at showing demonstrators that their concerns are being heard.
The Left could not accept that Netanyahu, whom they openly disdained and who championed policies and held beliefs much different from theirs, kept winning the support of the Israeli public.
“We expect the High Court to make sure that where the fence is designed to dispossess Palestinians, rather than protect security, it will be dismantled”.
And this in a geographic region where no one contests which law is applicable, or under whose sovereignty it rests.
Government seeks legal authority to control public behavior in public and private spaces under the threat of a second coronavirus outbreak.
Experienced prosecutors and investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation had been assigned as part of a "robust" probe into whether the police officers involved had violated federal laws.
'Just like Israel needs a functioning government, it needs a strong and independent legal system.'
First serving PM in history to sit on defendants’ bench.
The book plunges us into a trial and an exploration of various human desires – for sex, money, recognition, revenge – and the price that must be paid for them.
Iranian MPs chanted "down with Israel" after the bill was approved
But due to corona it will be aired to reporters in next door courtroom.
The contest encouraged young women to send pictures of themselves with Nazi symbols and share their adoration of the German dictator.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filed a complaint with Israel Police.
“The Knesset attempted to pass a law defending the residents of south Tel Aviv three times already and the Supreme Court is trampling the will of the people,” Kahan said.
The strict barriers put up between impurity and holiness mean that throughout their lives, humans will invariably be barred from approaching God’s presence in the holiest of places.
The appointment of judges is a highly charged and sensitive issue for the right-wing.
The lawsuits claim Chinese authorities are responsible for the coronavirus becoming a pandemic.
An Enduring Power of Attorney is a relatively new legal arrangement created as an amendment to the Guardian and Custodianship Law (1962).
The ad space is handled by a private company, but the municipality responded to the anti-abortion message in its own way.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men refrain from touching women or spending time with them in closed spaces, information the female cop used to make them identify themselves.
Elad Gabar is accused of using the internet to blackmail 150 minors and of sexually assaulting 19 of them.
Gantz: Netanyahu cannot take care of citizens, he cares only about himself
An experts panel on the subject of due diligence was moderated by Tamir Meiri, from Johnson & Johnson.
Judges Rivkah Friedman-Feldman and Oded Shaham are both considered on the tougher end of judges in terms of convictions and sentencing.
Former Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Haim Katz is suspected of breach of trust, claims he’s innocent and is being punished for something he never did.
The rabbi also suggests that women might be able to read the ketubah (ritual marriage contract).
The family of the Jewish settler, who killed himself roughly two years ago, is suing the security service for 2.5 million NIS.
Ruling to have explosive political impact.
Donald Gellers' legal victories exposed the state’s abuses of the Passamaquoddy tribe and who state authorities framed as part of a conspiracy
This announcement has sparked considerable reactions and commentaries on whether it was legally grounded or not.
The film will be available for streaming, as well as on the PBS Passport service for public television subscribers.
From the Holyland case to Ze’ev Rosenstein to ‘Rabbi’ Chen – Levertov and Blum blocked criminals from escaping justice through flight to other countries.
Netanyahu has until midnight to make the request.
Israeli law prohibits an interim government, such as the one headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from applying Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley or any part of the West Bank.
The High Court of Justice has waited since mid-September for a delayed response from the settler councils and Amana on the matter.
The attacks include the 1995 Beit Lid Junction suicide bombing, the 1996 Dizengoff Center suicide attack and the 2002 Netanya Park Hotel Passover bombing, in which a total of 65 Israelis were killed.
Netanyahu, Saar, Shaked: None of court's business.
Many valiant organizations and individuals, both Jewish and non-Jewish, continue to fight against the ongoing outbreak of antisemitism.
Cohen is serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute in Otisville, New York, about 70 miles (113 km)northwest of New York City.
The new legal blow to Naveh comes just days after the state prosecution announced that it will likely indict him for bribery in a sex-for-judgeship scandal.
The conference will be held by Avi Himi and will focus on the efforts made so far to have her released from Russia.
Nave is suspected of having sexual relationships with Eti Karif and with a female lawyer whose husband is a magistrate’s court judge and was seeking promotion to become a district judge.
Call came after A-G indictment of PM.
Our justice officials are very concerned about conflicts of interest.
The rabbis of the rabbinical court rejected the position that the Jewish status of a baby is determined by the birth mother.
The US announcement on settlements is not expected to be decisive regarding the International Criminal Court Prosecutor decision regarding Israel and alleged war crimes.
Lawyers to appeal to Supreme Court.
The convention of top State Attorney officials was postponed after Maariv broke the story about a request Nitzan made to judges and prosecutors asking them to defend the State Attorney.
Recovering after an injury is sometimes difficult and in cases where there is loss of life, no amount of money can ever replace a loved one.
Under Israeli law, it is legal for one person to record a conversation between that person and one other person even if the second person does not know.
In the army, he met his first wife, Geula Naveh. They got married in 1955. In 1956, he was appointed deputy military advocate-general, and became military advocate-general in 1961.
Our friendship grew when he became a justice of the Supreme Court and then its president.
In January, Erdan decided to extend Cohen’s term for another four months, saying that a permanent appointment will come “when a coalition will be established, after the election.”