Articles in "Legal Affairs"

Israeli High Court Clears Way for Roman Gofman to Become Mossad Chief

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday rejected petitions seeking to annul the appointment of Major General Roman Gofman as head of the ...

Israel’s High Court Orders Justice Minister to Resume Judicial Appointments Amid Court Backlog

Israel’s High Court on Monday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to immediately convene the Judicial Selection Committee to resume the ...

Former Israeli Finance Minister Convicted in Corporate Fraud Case

Former Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon was convicted on Sunday by the Tel Aviv District Court of a securities reporting offense ...

Netanyahu Associate Yonatan Urich to Be Indicted Over Document Leak

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara informed attorneys representing Yonatan Urich, a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ...

Netanyahu Chief of Staff to Be Indicted for Fraud

The Attorney General's office announced on Tuesday that Tzachi Braverman, the chief of staff in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, ...

Smotrich Says ICC Sought Secret Arrest Warrant Against Him, Calls Move ‘Declaration of War’

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday he had been notified that the International Criminal Court had submitted a secret ...

Israel Activates Death Penalty Clause in Counterterror Legal Overhaul

Palestinians convicted of deadly terrorist attacks in military courts in Judea and Samaria can now face the death penalty after a regional ...

Former Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon Accepts Plea Deal in Corporate Fraud Case

Former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will admit to violating Israel’s Securities Law as part of a plea bargain in the Unet Credit ...

Israel Approves Special Tribunal to Prosecute Oct. 7 Terrorists, Authorizes Death Penalty

More than two years after Hamas-led terrorists carried out the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, the Knesset on Monday night approved ...

Netanyahu Trial Hearing Scrapped Amid Security Update and Plea-Agreement Signals

The Jerusalem District Court on Monday morning canceled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled testimony in his corruption trial ...