Jerusalem District Court

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

The lawsuit names UNRWA, a UNRWA employee alleged to have taken part in the attack, and several current and former senior UNRWA officials as defendants.

Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.
Ronel Fisher seen after a court hearing in the Fisher case at the Jerusalem District Court, January 13, 2026.

Court sentences Ronel Fisher to community service, citing severe investigative failures

the scene where a teenager was killed and three others were injured after being hit by a bus near rally against the recruitment of Ultra orthodox Jews to the IDF, in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026.

Court releases bus driver who fatally rammed haredi teen to three days of house arrest

A court hall in the Nof haGalil court during an the extension of the suspects in a security case which is under a gag order. January 7, 2025.

Courts hand down sentences, prosecutors file indictment in three serious sexual offense cases


Supreme Court rejects Malka Leifer’s appeal against new psychiatric review

Three-member expert panel scheduled to review alleged pedophile’s mental state on Wednesday, ahead of court hearing next week to discuss whether she is mentally fit for extradition

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Court orders state psychiatrist to be bypassed on Leifer review panel

The decision is a significant win for the State Attorney’s Office prosecuting the case, due to the significant concerns about Charnes’s legitimacy in the Leifer case.

Malka Leifer is brought to court last week

Leifer to remain in prison until Supreme Court ruling on house arrest appeal

The court is expected to make a decision in the coming days.

Yehuda Fried (C), lawyer of Malka Leifer, speaks to a state prosecutor (L) after a court session at the Jerusalem District Court

A win for freedom of the press: Court rejects Regev's NIS 1m. slander suit

Likud minister must pay Channel 13’s legal fees.

Miri Regev

Ex-Aussie envoy: Failure to extradite accused pedophile hurts Israel ties

Dave Sharma, formerly Australian ambassador to Israel, told the 'Post' that a failure to extradite Malka Leifer "would alienate people who naturally defend and are supportive of Israel."

People wave Australian and Israeli flags

Court orders another assessment in Malka Leifer case

New extradition process looks set to drag on for a year in a controversial case of former principal facing 74 charges of sex abuse.

Manny Waks of Kol v’Oz speaks to the press at the Jerusalem District court Monday

Former cabinet minister Gonen Segev convicted of spying for Iran

Under a plea bargain reached between Segev's lawyers and government prosecutors, he will receive 11 years in prison.

Gonen Segev, a former Israeli cabinet minister indicted on suspicion of spying for Iran, is escorted by prison guards as he leaves the court in Jerusalem, July 5, 2018

Haredi radio station charged with 1 million NIS for gender discrimination

This is the first class action lawsuit on civil rights and gender segregation in Israel.

Haredi men gather in Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach

Malka Leifer deemed psychologically fit to face extradition hearing

Her case is due to return to court in November when the reports will be examined by her legal team.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israeli Court allows gender-separate course in Civil Service

The ruling relates to the “Influencers” pilot program set up by the Civil Service designed to help integrate haredi graduates into the Civil Service for employment in the public sector.

INCREASED INTEGRATION of Haredim into the workforce has resulted in a record-low poverty rate in the Haredi sector.