State attorney

Government tells High Court draft arrests risk civil war, says case outcome 'known in advance'

“Israel needs haredi recruits, not haredi detainees,” the government said, arguing that arrests of yeshiva students could reverse a gradual increase in enlistment and risk civil war.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Gur (Hasidic dynasty) protest outside Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, July 20, 2026.
View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts. February 28, 2013.

Israel charges 10 inmates accused of running gambling empire from prison

Prosecutors allege that over the course of nearly four years, the group operated a structured criminal enterprise involved in illegal gambling, debt collection through threats, and exploitation.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Force 100 members arrive for a court hearing on petitions against the appointment of retired judge Yosef Ben-Hamo, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 27, 2025.

Attorney Avi Amiram appointed to committee selecting new police investigations chief

A new committee has been formed to select the head of Israel’s independent police investigations body, part of a broader law enforcement reform.

|ByMATI TUCHFELD/MAARIV, AZRIEL MOSKOWITZ
Entrance to the Office of the Minister of Justice, at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, April 7, 2025.

State Attorney Aisman warns Mahash law could put sensitive cases under political pressure

State Attorney Amit Aisman warned that the Mahash reform under the Justice Ministry could expose sensitive investigations to political pressure. The law passed Knesset and faces High Court petition.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Ohana: ‘Inner’ State Attorney’s Office conspires against elected officials

A-G and state attorney reject allegations. ‘No one will deter us from faithfully carrying out our work’

OCTOBER 29, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
Justice Minister Amir Ohana, 2019.

Efi Nave, Head of Israeli bar, arrested in sex-for-judgeship scandal

Head of Israeli Bar Association Efi Naveh allegedly intervened on behalf of prospective judges for sexual favors.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Efi Naveh appears in court, January 16th, 2019

Lap dances on the way to becoming criminal offense

"The lap dances, posing for years as ‘an innocent dance’ are essentially a sexual act of physical contact intending to please customers.”

AUGUST 29, 2018ByHADAS LABRISCH
Strip club [illustrative]

State Attorney to allow exhumation of immigrant Yemenite children’s graves

The affair of the missing immigrant Yemenite children relates to the disappearance of hundreds of babies and toddlers of Mizrahi descent, mainly from Yemen, during Israel's early days.

JANUARY 24, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
JEWISH AGENCY representatives meet Yemenite immigrants arriving at Lod Airport in 1949. (Wikimedia Commons)

Shai Nitzan: I hope police wrap up PM corruption probes within weeks

The state attorney hinted that there may be more former allies of top officials turning into state witnesses

JANUARY 14, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
SHAI NITZAN.