Israel crime rate

Police arrest suspect over double murder of mother, son in Yokne’am Illit

The suspect, whose name is under a gag order, is believed to have killed a mother and her son in their apartment in Yokne’am Illit.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
SOCIAL EQUALITY Minister May Golan stands at her chair at the government table in the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Transferring funding from social development to policing will fuel crime, not fight it, the writer argues.

May Golan's policing proposal will fuel crime, not fight it - opinion

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Court indicts eight minors for lynching a 16-year-old in Herzliya park

 An illustrative image of an Israel Police officer.

Police arrest teen suspected of stabbing classmate at school in Ashdod


State expected to indict crime boss Yitzhak Abergil

Abergil allegedly schemed to move NIS 50 million from public company to Romania casino.

Gavel [Illustrative]

Police: Israel man committed online sex crimes with dozens of teenage girls

Suspected accused of holding lewd, sexual conversations and convincing the girls to carry out sex acts on themselves while he watched.

Abuse (Illustrative Photo)

State appealing murder charges acquitted due to exploitative undercover agents

The state is appealing an embarrassing defeat where the court threw out much of the charges in a presumed open-shut attempted murder case.

Crime scene [illustrative]

Father of singer Eyal Golan indicted for sexual misconduct with minors

Dani Biton indicted in plea bargain; could serve 2 years in prison.

Eyal Golan

Indictment: French-Israeli con men duped soccer team, French businesses

“This phenomenon causes great damage not only to the companies that are targeted but also to the image of Israel," prosecution says.

Israeli Police

Rabbi Stav denounces recent attacks on Druse

‘There is a feeling that anyone not Jewish is a candidate to be an enemy of ours.’

Rabbi David Stav

Right of silence

The truly innocent should have no fear to talk unreservedly

Faina Kirschenbaum

Woman who stole NIS 300 million from bank she worked at wins early prison release

Eti Alon has already served 12 years of a 17 year sentence which the committee agreed to cut by 1/3; The state can appeal the ruling.

Eti Alon

Two bodies found burned in car near Ramle in suspected double murder

The vehicle belonged to a resident of the North who was known to police.

Burnt car in which two bodies were discovered near Ramle