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Police, prosecution trade blame over protest-related court losses

A public dispute broke out between Israel Police and the State Attorney’s Office over the handling of protest cases, with police accusing the prosecution of abandoning officers.

 Israeli Chief of Police Daniel Levi near the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2024.
Education minister Yoav Kisch attends Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025.

Education Minister slams 'extremist, deranged criminals' for trying to enter his home during siren

An illustration of ChatGPT over a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Two Israeli brothers indicted after selling fake AI-generated information to Iranian agent

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

Gov't-backed bill would expose police watchdog to political influence, A-G, State Attorney warn


Israel blocks information on detained Hamas terrorists to Red Cross

An N12 report last week revealed that Israel intended to hand over information regarding Hamas terrorists taken from Gaza and jailed in Israel.

 Israelis protest against the Red Cross  at  Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. December 14, 2023.

Israel appeals acquittal of policewoman who assaulted Arab-Romani

Orian Ben Khalifa had reported that she had been arrested because 25-year-old Hala Salim had assaulted her by pushing her, scratching her face, and pulling her hair.

 Orian Ben Khalifa, a former Israeli police border officer accused of assaulting a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem Old City, seen as she arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2023

Military top lawyer: Israeli efforts to harm judicial independence hurt IDF

Israel Bar Association held its 12th annual conference on Monday, with notable Israel legal figures touching on the judicial reform.

Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi speaks at the 12th annual Israel Bar Association Conference on Monday, September 4, 2023

'Unprecedented error': Israel's former top attorney slams justices in Netanyahu trial

Former state attorney Moshe Lador said that he doesn't see a way for Netanyahu to be acquitted in Case 4000.

 Former state attorney Moshe Lador.

Netanyahu trial: Court tells Israeli prosecution to drop bribery charge

The court would have difficulties in proving Netanyahu's bribery charge, but the State Attorney's Office said that it saw the situation differently.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem to listen to the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan's first day of testimony for Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial on June 25, 2023.

Israeli prosecution pulls murder case evidence obtained through spyware

Stored information was collected and passed onto officers, which goes beyond the scope of Israeli judicial orders for wiretapping.

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The real reform Israel needs is in the Bar Association - Efi Nave

"This is the reform that needs to be done," said Nave, as ongoing judicial reform negotiations and debates continued in the country.

 Senior attorney Effi Nave and his partner Bar Katz arrive for a court hearing at the Court in Rishon Lezion, on November 8, 2022

Israel's state attorney decides against appealing Roman Zadorov's acquittal

The office stated that "it is not possible to establish a real legal possibility for filing an appeal against the verdict."

 Roman Zadorov seen after his sentence in his re-trial on the murder of Tair Rada, outside the District Court in Nazareth, on March 30, 2023.

Why change to Israeli police will help hold those in power accountable

LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS: MK Moshe Saada explains why his plan to split the Police Investigation Department from the State Attorney’s Office will hold those in power accountable.

 MOSHE SAADA: Today there is no body that investigates the State Attorney’s Office.

Should Israel's police internal affairs be split from state attorney? -comptroller

Israel's state comptroller says the Police Internal Investigations Unit had many deficiencies in investigating its own, in part due to its organization.

 The Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on August 7, 2019