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High Court to hear petitions urging Netanyahu to fire Ben-Gvir, testing limits of ministerial power

At stake is not only Ben-Gvir’s future in office, but a broader constitutional line: how far a minister charged with setting policy may go in pressing the police on certain issues.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
National Security minister Iamar Ben Gvir and Supt. Rinat Saban at the District Court in Jerusalem. Ben Gvir has reportedly been blocking Saban’s promotion. January 25, 2026.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas is seen at an event in Italy, last year.

A just US ruling, an Israeli absurdity: The Jewish state is complicit in rewarding terror - opinion

No country should tolerate payoffs for crimes against humanity.

|ByMOSHE FEIGLIN
The residents of Gedera protest against the horrific rape of a woman tonight in Gedera, February 3, 2023

Court convicts man of aggravated rape, child abuse in Gedera home invasion

The attacker entered the complainant’s second-floor apartment through the balcony in the early morning hours and overpowered her as she went to check noises from the living room.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
District Court of Jerusalem

Netanyahu trial resumes next week: What to watch as cross-examination returns - explainer

The trial remains deep in the testimony phase in Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000, with Case 4000 emerging as one of the defining legal and political sagas of Netanyahu’s era.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Court extends travel ban on Braverman amid probe into alleged ‘midnight meeting’

Braverman is suspected of obstructing an investigation, improperly conveying official information, and fraud and breach of trust.

JANUARY 29, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

Bruce Springsteen's new protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis," honors Alex Pretti and Renee Good, victims of US immigration raids, as he critiques Trump’s policies.

JANUARY 29, 2026ByREUTERS
Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Court freezes order requiring journalist Omri Assenheim to hand over raw interview footage

In a short decision issued on Tuesday, Judge Ami Kobo ordered that the enforcement of the magistrate’s ruling be stayed until at least February 1.

JANUARY 27, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Eli Feldstein and Aaron “Ari” Rosenfeld, two of the suspects in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on July 15, 2025.

Court hears request to lift gag order shielding alleged rapist of Shay-Li Atari Wiener

Singer Shay-Li Atari Wiener filed a police complaint three and a half years ago, prompting the reopening of the investigation after more than a decade.

JANUARY 21, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli singer Shay-Li Atari Wiener, who recently revealed she was raped several years ago, protests alongside supporters outside a court hearing of her alleged rapist in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2026.

Lod District Court Judge rules to uphold restrictions on PMO chief of staff in Bild leak case

Lod District Court Judge Yaakov Spasser ruled that there is reasonable suspicion justifying the imposition of restrictions on Tzachi Braverman.

JANUARY 19, 2026ByEFRAT FORSHER
Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of the testimony of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the trial against him, December 18, 2024.

Economy Minister Barkat sues Channel 12 for NIS 12m. in largest libel lawsuit ever filed in Israel

Nir Barkat files Israel's largest libel lawsuit against Channel 12, accusing them of false claims following a broadcast of an investigation by journalist Omri Maniv.

JANUARY 13, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat unveiling his "Israel Basket" project, January 4, 2026.

Israel is sliding toward authoritarianism, and elections won’t stop it - opinoin

Israel tiptoes on the edge of authoritarianism as Netanyahu’s government tightens its grip on power.

JANUARY 12, 2026ByRAPHAEL COHEN-ALMAGOR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

Elazar Rumpler, a Lev Tahor haredi cult leader, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a total of NIS 22,000 in fines and compensation for assaulting a 10-year-old child.

JANUARY 9, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Maduro's capture might have been illegal, but that won't stop charges against him - report

Legal scholars say that although arguments that Maduro's capture was illegal may have merit, they will likely not affect his legal proceedings in US federal court.

JANUARY 5, 2026ByCORINNE BAUM
Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro poses next to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator Terry Cole as he is led in custody from a U.S. federal airplane, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, U.S., January 3, 2026.

Terrorist sentenced to life in prison for murder of 83-year-old Holocaust survivor

The court also ordered him to pay the maximum compensation permitted by law - NIS 258,000 - to Lipovsky’s family.

JANUARY 4, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.