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Court lifts travel ban on PMO chief Tzachi Braverman despite 'midnight meeting' probe

A magistrate’s court lifted the travel ban on PMO chief Tzachi Braverman, citing the Iran war. The ruling allows him to serve as UK Ambassador despite the ongoing "midnight meeting" investigation.

Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman pictured at Tel Aviv District Court, December 18, 2024; illustrative.
Entrance hall of the Supreme Court, decorated with a section of mosaic pavement recovered from the 5th-to-8th-century Hamat Gader synagogue, near the Golan Heights.

'Rogue Justice': Exploring how Israel’s top court turned into a political powerhouse - review

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Courts shift to emergency footing as Iran confrontation triggers nationwide restrictions

A Palestinian woman helps a burn victim, Maria Abu Aawad, at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital, amid severe shortages of medical equipment, medicines and essential materials needed for burn treatment, in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, January 26, 2026.

Supreme Court allows NGOs facing Gaza ban to keep operating, for now


US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people

The administration's policy reverses decades of practice at the US State Department, which had permitted passport sex designations to differ from sex assigned at birth with medical documentation.

People gather in Union Square after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning some medical care for transgender youths in New York City, U.S., June 18, 2025.

'A fighter with ability to think outside the box’: Netanyahu praises new Shin Bet chief Zini

Netanyahu welcomed new Shin Bet head Maj.-Gen. (res.) David Zini, praising his leadership and reaffirming Israel’s independent security policy amid controversy over the appointment.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Shin Bet Director David Zini, October 23, 2025.

High Court gives state 30 days to reassess Gaza media ban post ceasefire

The High Court of Justice on Thursday gave the government 30 days to update its position on whether to allow independent journalists into the Gaza Strip

Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025.

Israel cannot wait for state investigation into October 7 failures - editorial

National Security Council head Tzahi Hanegbi was ousted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stunning the country. Hanegbi demanded an investigation into October 7 in his resignation statement.

Outgoing supreme court justice Yosef Elron, president Yitzhak Amit and Supreme court justices a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025.

Israeli spy for Iran, Moti Maman, petitions court after moshav rejects his residency

Mordechai “Moti” Maman, currently serving ten years in prison for spying for Iran, has been trying to register as a resident of northern Israel moshav Bustan Hagalil.

 Moti Maman, 73, accused of visit Iran twice and being in contact with Iranian intelligence, arrives for a court hearing at the court in Beersheba, September 19, 2024.

Israel's first Druze judge Fares Falah dead at 93

Falah was appointed to the judiciary in 1969 before later being appointed Deputy President of the Acre Magistrate Court.

Retired Druze judge Fares Falah.

High Court to hold hearing on Shin Bet appointment next month 

The case will be heard before Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit, Deputy Chief Justice Noam Sohlberg and Justice David Mintz.

Israel's High Court of Justice

Prosecution granted two weeks to respond to Yonatan Urich’s Supreme Court appeal

The most significant, and, according to Urich's lawyers, outstanding restriction is the occupation ban, which forbids Urich from returning to his former places of employment.

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Qatargate: Urich's lawyers appeal to High Court against occupation ban, working at PMO

Urich and former PMO military spokesman Eli Feldstein were arrested in March in connection with two related cases, “Qatargate” and “Bild.”

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

High Court of Justice rejects requests to delay Zini’s appointment as Shin Bet chief

This decision came following the government's unanimous approval of Zini's appointment, headed by PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Designated head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director David Zini seen with Ultra orthodox jewish soldiers from the Hasmonean Brigade after completing their beret march, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city on August 6, 2025.