Criminality

Tel Aviv resident charged with harassment, threats in extortion campaign against media professional

“You have ended your career,” he allegedly wrote in one message. “I am going to be cruel at a level you never imagined.”

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Illustration of arrested suspects on their way to hearing at the DIstrict Court in Jerusalem.
Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

Netanya daycare worker sentenced to seven years for abusing 12 toddlers

Shenkar was convicted in February of nine counts of abusing a helpless minor as a caregiver, 33 counts of assaulting a helpless minor and causing injury, and two counts of aggravated assault.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A bus drives past a branch of Lloyds Bank in London, Britain, January 28, 2026.

Lloyds rejects mortgage bid from mother of jailed Palestine Action activist

The mother of jailed Palestine Action activist Leona Kamio says Lloyds rejected her mortgage application after citing “adverse media” linked to her daughter’s conviction.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Closeup of arrested hands with handcuffs.

Israeli teenager arrested for allegedly extorting peers through TikTok for 'protection'

In one text message, he wrote to one victim: "Listen, today you only brought 700. Tomorrow bring me another 250 shekels, and we'll settle this, and if anyone bothers you, call me."

|ByHODAYA RAN

Exposure to lead as children can lead to criminal behavior in adulthood

17 individual studies have made the link between prenatal exposure to traces of lead and detrimental impacts on the brain lasting up to adulthood.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Closeup of lead machine, artist in background