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Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year

According to the ministry, roughly 1,500 of the cases concerned the realization of legal rights tied to stipends and grants available to Holocaust survivors, while about 1,000 involved civil matters.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015.

Justice Ministry forwards clemency opinion on Netanyahu request to Eliyahu as process advances

The ministry added that if prosecution authorities submit a position before the president makes a decision, the department will update and supplement its opinion accordingly.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Supreme court justice Yael Willner arrives for a court hearing on who will have authority over the Sde Teiman leak probe, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

State Attorney should lead Sde Teiman leak case investigation, Justice Ministry legal advisor says

If the Court accepts Kotik’s position, the State-Attorney would then become the sole arbiter of whether to file criminal charges against those suspected of leaking the Sde Teiman footage.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
ISRAEL POLICE officers detain a protester during a demonstration calling for the release of Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv last month.

Why pouring billions into the Israel Police has made Israelis less safe - opinion

The fix will only come when we move to measuring outputs, cancel the revolving door of the courts, and return deterrence to center stage.

|ByTAMIR DORTEL

'We broke into IDF, hold quarter of a million documents,' hacker group Anonymous claims

Pro-Palestinian hackers allege that after penetrating the Justice Ministry, they now possess 20 gigabytes of data, including nearly a quarter-million documents related to the Israeli military.

APRIL 19, 2024ByDR. ITAY GAL
The masked face of international hacker Anonymous

Levin demands 'very broad agreement' on judicial appointments

Levin, who spoke at an induction ceremony for newly appointed magistrate court judges and registrars, led the government's controversial judicial reforms in 2023.

APRIL 18, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli minister of Justice Yariv Levin speaks at a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on April 18, 2024.

'It will take time to assess the damage': Justice min. after cyber attack

Hackers broke into Justice Ministry computers and stole data belonging to the Ministry but did not damage operations.

APRIL 5, 2024ByMATAN WASSERMAN
View of Israel's Justice Ministry, containing the Attorney-General's Office, in Jerusalem on March 20, 2018.

Justice Ministry announces new privacy protections for medical patients on data transfers

The document states that the transfer of medical information by non-designated means entails various risks to privacy.

MARCH 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Black screen with digital data displayed in blue and green.

Israel's Sheba Hospital sued by disabled candidate over inaccessibility

The hospital responded that, unfortunately it was not possible due to " space restiants of the hospital" and that it wouldnt be "so comfortable."

MARCH 5, 2024ByAVIHAI CHIIM
Young woman in a wheelchair with leg in plaster (illustrative).

Legislation proposed on the representation of terrorists in court

There have been ongoing discussions involving senior police officials, legal advisors and prosecutors on how the perpetrators of the October 7 attack on the Gaza border will be brought to trial.

JANUARY 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yariv Levin, Simcha Rothman in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

Petition to Levin: Supreme Court judges violating conflict of interest

The Movement for Governability and Democracy appealed to Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Supreme Court Justice Uzi Fogelman.

JANUARY 17, 2024ByAVRAHAM BLOCH
JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Health Ministry ordered Israeli doctors not to cooperate with 'anti-Israel' UN committee - report

Israel's Health Ministry reportedly told all those in touch with the UN committee not to meet with those involved or cooperate with them in any way.

JANUARY 16, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad H. Mansour speaks during a plenary meeting on the 'Use of the veto - Item 63: Special report of the Security Council', in the General Assembly Hall at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 9, 2024.

Lessons learned from October 7:  Nation understands what’s essential now

The war forces the country to put High Court rulings in perspective.

JANUARY 6, 2024ByHERB KEINON
HE JUXTAPOSITION of the announcement of the death of yet another soldier with the decision on the reasonableness clause put things in painful perspective.

Lessons from a failed constitutional revolution - opinion

The constitutional saga’s birth and death should serve as a warning sign for post-war Israel’s leaders.

JANUARY 5, 2024ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin and coalition members celebrate the vote on the reasonableness bill in Knesset, last July.