Sarah Ben-Nun

Sarah is the legal affairs correspondent and former night editor for The Jerusalem Post. She split her childhood between Israel and the US, granting her a deep understanding of both communities. After completing her National Service in Israel, Sarah went on to study at Yeshiva University. She holds a BA in Journalism. 


 Chaim Rotter arrives to a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025

Indictment against accused sex offender Chaim Rotter expected Sunday

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempt, April 27, 2025.

Three Arab-Israelis killed within hours of each other in crime-related incidents

 Depressed woman (Illustrative).

Comptroller: Israel slow in fight against domestic abuse because of lack definition for violence


Comptroller warns: 'One step away from disaster' wildfire preparation plans must be consolidated

There are currently 583 areas that are susceptible to fires, 81 of which are in the highest danger category. Of these 81, only nine were included in the government's budget for buffer zones. 

View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, April 30, 2025.

Psychological-educational service alarmingly lacking, even in wake of war, State Comptroller finds

Between October 2023 and January 2024, 53% of students in grades seven-to-12 in the locations surveyed by the Comptroller reported daily psychosomatic symptoms. 

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025.

State Comptroller warns of serious flaws in buildings' earthquake and missile preparedness

The State Comptroller reports alarming gaps in buildings' earthquake preparedness, highlighting serious risks of missile hits and blasts to apartments and structures in the event of a disaster.

 ON THE scene of a building struck by an Iranian ballistic missile.

PMO: Netanyahu sick from food poisoning, resting at home for three days

Netanyahu will be unable to attend the scheduled criminal trial hearings this week and is set to resume in September.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Tel Aviv District Court for his criminal trial proceedings, July 14, 2025.

A-G: Gov't decision to fire A-G is faulty, must be subjected to judicial review before advancement

The decision “opened the door to firing the attorney-general - the general prosecutor - based on foreign factors and calculations, including regarding ongoing criminal investigations,” she wrote. 

 Attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Hostage Families' Forum asks to join legal case against Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich

"His actions were not inconsequential; they directly and immediately endangered the lives of hostages at the time," wrote the Forum.

 Yonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Israeli teacher arrested for espionage, accused of aiding Iran’s operations

Abh Samhan joins a consistently growing list of Israeli citizens who knowingly carried out assignments and committed acts at the instruction of Iranian agents.

 An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.

IDF soldier arrested for contact with Iranian agents, exchanging information for money

IDF soldier suspected of spying for Iran in exchange for financial incentives.

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Israel Police, with FBI's help, collect testimony from Chaim Rotter victim in US

Rotter's arrest has been consistently extended, and several others who are close to him were apprehended for questioning as well. 

 Chaim Rotter arrives to a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025

US Amb. Huckabee arrives at Netanyahu trial in show of support, echos Trump sentiments 

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrived at the courthouse in a show of support to the prime minister, for what he said was a familiar “witch-hunt” process that Trump experienced as well.

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrives to a court hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2025.