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.

Matan Lior, killed during the October 7 Nova music festival massacre. The text decribes him as "a hero of Israel."

Third man sent to prison after stealing sound systems from murdered Nova festival victim

Armed Israeli soldiers stand guard as heavy machinery demolishes a residential building in the village of Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 8, 2026.  (Illustrative)

High Court approves demolition of Palestinian rocket suspect's home, rejects family's appeal

A woman votes during the national election in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, northern Israel, October 27, 2026

Shin Bet probes foreign election interference, warns against blaming Arab voters


Israel extradites Israeli-Russian citizen to US over alleged USD 2.8 million crypto theft

The case concerns allegations that he exploited a security flaw in August 2022 to obtain digital tokens - without depositing the assets that were supposed to back them -  and took the proceeds.

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High Court freezes broadcasting law, orders answers on legislative defects

In September, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to freeze the Broadcasting Law until it rules on 11 petitions challenging it.

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026

The future Israel cannot ignore: Opposition must speak to the country it hopes to lead - comment

Arab citizens cannot be approached as potential partners only when their votes become necessary, while the harder conversation about their place in the country is postponed until another election.

Arabs cast their votes at a polling station in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod; illustrative.

High Court presses KKL to resume talks over hundreds of Jerusalem homes on former church land

Hundreds of Jerusalem homeowners face uncertainty over leases on former Greek Orthodox Church land as the High Court demands progress in stalled negotiations.

Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, attends the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 29, 2021.

Court orders house arrest for security coordinator charged with shooting Palestinian woman

Ran faces charges of causing serious injury with aggravated intent and obstruction of justice in an indictment filed on Friday.

Pinchas Shem Tov Ran, an Israeli civilian security coordinator accused of shooting and seriously wounding a Palestinian woman in the West Bank, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court following his indictment, October 23, 2026.

Effi Nave, Eitan Orenstein judicial probe transferred to Tel Aviv prosecutors for review

The evidence has been transferred to the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office (Taxation and Economics), which supervised the investigation, for review and a decision on how to proceed.

ILLUSTRATIVE: An Israeli police car drives through the streets of Jerusalem on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, September 20, 2026.

Court rules 2-1 against expanding Mandelblit testimony as judge queries investigative actions

“How can we ignore the fact that the attorney-general comes here and testifies about unlawful actions?” Bar-Am asked prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh during arguments over the of Mandelblit’s testimony.

Former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit walks into the courtroom at the Jerusalem District Court, October 25, 2026.

Netanyahu calls for right-wing government, warns against reliance on Arab parties

“The Likud is Israel’s largest party,” Netanyahu said, claiming the right-wing bloc had decisive support among Jewish and Zionist voters and supporters of the Jewish state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Likud headquarters following the release of exit polls.

Jalud families still unable to return to burned homes despite High Court order

Lawyer tells justices destruction has not changed their demand to return; State acknowledges “shame and failure” over September operation

A Palestinian property damaged in an attack by extremist Israeli settlers in Jalud, south of Nablus, September 29, 2026.

Sohlberg bars UTJ turnout reports from polling stations; watchdog urges enforcement

The order followed a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel over concerns that the party was violating a High Court of Justice ruling.

 Central Elections Committee head, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, leads a hearing at the Central Elections Committee, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 23, 2026