Jerusalem District Court

Netanyahu trial resumes as defense phase moves beyond prime minister

Sunday’s hearing focused primarily on organizing the witness schedule and determining which defense witnesses will be called, rather than hearing new evidence.

A man takes a selfie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, August. 17, 2026.
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, on November 17, 2025.

Petition seeks to block yeshiva project for foreign students on east Jerusalem public land

Administrative detainee Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on a hunger strike in prison, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 6, 2026.

Settler suspected of attacks on Palestinians released from house arrest, barred from West Bank

Administrative detainee Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on a hunger strike in prison, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 6, 2026.

Court rejects appeal for settler to serve house arrest at mother-in-law’s West Bank home


Netanyahu to testify in public corruption trials from December

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify after he had initially asked to push off his testimony due to the Gaza war.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the District Court in Jerusalem after the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan's in his trial, on July 6, 2023

Assassination foiled: Hamas operative convicted for planning terrorism

Rishak was convicted of terrorist offenses, conspiring to carry out terror attacks in Israel, and promoting Hamas activities on Temple Mount.

A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag as he stands next to others atop a walk of the al-Aqsa mosque following clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.

Unprecedented number of Judges and Registrars appointed to courts across the country

Being a judge "is a great privilege and source of pride to serve the State of Israel in this manner," said Justice Minister Yarin Levin.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Court bail conditions are scare tactic against protesters

A Jerusalem court restricted two protestors from protesting for 60 days without police approval, sparking criticism from the Women's Hostage Protest.

 Protesters in Jerusalem call for a hostage deal.

Netanyahu trial: Defense asks for fewer hearings amid Gaza war

The Jerusalem District Court resumes hearings in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though the defense has asked to reduce the number of hearings to just two per week.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. November 22, 2023

Police drop racism charge against settler suspect in Palestinian killing

Israel police have dropped the charge of racist motivations after an Israeli settler was arrested following rioting near a Palestinian village

Palestinian Saber Asaliyyeh reacts near a burned car after a confrontation with a group of Israeli settlers in Burka near Ramallah in the West Bank, August 9, 2023.

Israelis acquitted in Iranian spy case: 'Intention to spy not based on ideology'

The accused were part of a group of five Israelis of Iranian extraction that had been arrested by the Shin Bet and Israel Police in January 2022.

  Iranian agent "Rambud Namdar." (Composite image)

Israeli, two others indicted for smuggling 700 kg. of Colombian cocaine

The Spanish and Moroccan pair tested the drugs in Colombia and agreed to pay for two installments of $26,000 per kilogram.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Lapid on Netanyahu trial testimony: 'This isn't how I want to win elections'

The Yesh Atid head began his testimony on Monday, and will, in the end, finish around noon on Tuesday.

Opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid arrives to testify in the trial against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 13, 2023.

Jerusalem man given 11 year sentence for multiple sex crimes against women

Yitzhak Sharifi targeted single mothers who were experiencing serious economic hardship and exploited them, economically and sexually.

 Yitzhak Sharifi is brought for a court hearing sentence at the Jerusalem District court, on May 30, 2023. Photo by Flash90