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Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent

The Knesset has approved a bill to make the Police Investigation Department independent from the State Prosecutor's Office, ensuring unbiased investigations.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Coalition advances bill repealing fraud, breach of trust offenses amid Netanyahu trial

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in February 2025.

Israel must halt funding of haredi schools lacking legal standards, court rules

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

High Court of Justice strikes down police ID-check procedures due to racial profiling


Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion

Hanukkah and Vayeshev together reveal that the festival’s light shines only when we open our eyes to our brothers’ struggles and choose loyalty and compassion.

Candles are lit on the eighth night, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, last Hanukkah. The main idea of the holiday is the spiritual illumination of the public sphere, says the writer.

Illinois instates new protections for residents in response to Trump's anti-immigration agenda

Among other protections, the bill restricts immigration enforcement efforts outside of state courthouses and allows plaintiffs to sue for damages.

 FILE PHOTO: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks on the day U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an economic policy speech at The Old Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 28, 2023.

The powers of a Notary Public in Israel

Services in Israel – Rachel Shachar. Professional apostille services for Israeli and international

Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT

The message Brooklyn's district attorney was sending was that “politics matters more than protecting children,” said Boorey Deutsch, the husband of the woman who Weberman abused when she was a girl.

Nechemya Weberman convicted for 103 years in prison.

Donald Trump: Democrats who told US military to refuse illegal orders deserve death

Trump attacks Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to refuse illegal orders, branding them traitors.

US President Donald Trump holds a note that was handed to him by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable on Antifa, an anti-fascist movement Trump designated a domestic "terrorist organization" via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, October 8, 2025.

Prosecution highlights Netanyahu's contradictions between court and police statements

Netanyahu claims police pressured him into incorrect statements.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the hallways of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, November 3, 2025

Israel deports first Eritrean regime supporter after 14 years in the country

At 9:00 a.m., the Enforcement and Foreigners Administration of the Population and Immigration Authority began the deportation process.

The Eritrean regime-supporter being deported from Israel. November 3, 2025.

Attorney Nissim Shopen: Israel’s “no win, no fee” debt model

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ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for antisemitism cases

More than 40 law firms have joined the initiative, creating a pool of 39,000 lawyers to expand the ADL's Campus Antisemitism Legal Line.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.

Cross-border lessons: what international audiences can learn from U.S. injury law

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Slip and Fall in the Gig Economy: Who Bears Responsibility?

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