Prison sentence

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

At the defense’s request, the court delayed the start of Pesler’s prison sentence until April 15 to give her time to appeal. She is required to report to Neve Tirza Prison by 9 a.m. that day.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Jerusalem court sentences man who posed as single in relationships with twelve women

The court determined that Fraiser’s actions constituted a single continuous criminal episode, with the defendant facing 20 to 36 months in prison.

FEBRUARY 19, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.

Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

The sentence ends Hong Kong's highest-profile national security trial and a legal sagathat has spanned nearly five years.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026|ByREUTERS

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

China orders retrial for Canadian on death row after Canada ties improve

The breakthrough came less than a month after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a four-day visit to China.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026|ByREUTERS

Member of cell that murdered Malachi Rosenfeld gets life sentence

The Palestinian, Amjad Hamad, was part of a four-man cell and was also fined compensatory damages of NIS 325,000 and punitive damages of NIS 25,000 as a co-conspirator in the murder.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Raising the bars - inside Israel's high security prisons

Nafha Prison’s deputy warden Yariv Cohen, who is in charge of many security prisoners and terrorists, talks of life in jail from his perspective.

JULY 1, 2017ByEYAL LEVY

A Bible and a cell: A new life for Jakarta's former Christian governor

A grim new life for Jakarta's former high-flying governor following his conviction for insulting Islam in Muslim-majority Indonesia.

MAY 11, 2017ByREUTERS

Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama raises his hand as he arrives at the Cipinang prison in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9

Israeli lawyer sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for smuggling for Hamas

Arab citizen smuggled letters and contraband between the group's leaders in Gaza and security prisoners

APRIL 27, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

PALESTINIANS WALK near the Israel-Gaza border inside Gaza, where Hamas still holds Israeli citizens.

Strike Out

If the strike is successful, it could conceivably boost the standing of Barghouti’s Fatah in its ongoing rivalry with Hamas, but Barghouti still has the rest of his life to serve in prison.

APRIL 19, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL