Suspect charged with murder after shooting man at Western Wall.
The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday indicted Hadi Kabalan, the security guard who shot unarmed Doron Ben-Shalush to death at the Western Wall on June 21, for murder. Read more…
Prosecution says Olmert’s conduct ‘blacker than black’
Arguments in state’s appeal of former PM’s acquittals in J’lem corruption trial conclude; Defense: actions not pretty, but not criminal.
The proceedings before the Supreme Court on the state’s appeal against former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s acquittals in the Jerusalem corruption trial concluded Thursday, the second day of arguments, with the state calling Olmert’s conduct “blacker than black” and the defense saying his conduct was “not pretty, but not criminal” Read more…
Rule of Law: Transforming the Shin Bet
Will Security agency be transformed-or are the changes on symbolic?
Possibly the most powerful force in Israel up to this point, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) last week may have undergone no less than a revolution, which could handcuff its power and completely transform its method of operation. Read more…
Will new US policy hinder Israel’s war on terror?
After Obama’s speech curtailing war on terror, Israel may once again be alone in aggressive approach to fighting terror.
Ready or not, Israel’s relatively free hands in conducting its war on terror may finally be tied.
Since September 11, 2001, the United States’s much more aggressive approach to combating terror has often provided Israel with a blanket of immunity. Even as many groups and states criticized Israel for targeting killings and for the death of civilians during military operations, the impact of the criticism was always attenuated by Israel’s ability to quickly point out examples of recent US targeted killings and large civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more...
Knesset C’tee adds women to panel picking rabbinic judges
Decision follows petition before High Court.
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee decided on Monday to increase the number of members on the Rabbinical Courts Appointments Committee from 10 to 11 and to require that four of them be women. Read more…
Court rejects Rabbinate order, keeps husband jailed
Husband refusing to grant his wife a divorce will remain in prison until the court hears a full petition filed by the wife.
Mavoi Satum (“Dead End”) announced on Thursday that the High Court of Justice struck down part of an order of the Rabbinical High Court, the result of which is that a husband refusing to grant his wife a divorce will remain in prison until the court hears a full petition filed by the wife. Read more…
A-G: State will not appeal victory by Women of Wall
After consultations with Bennett, Western Wall rabbi, Weinstein won’t appeal decision to allow women to wear tallitot at Wall.
Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Monday night announced that the state would not appeal the Jerusalem District Court’s recent ruling releasing arrested Women of the Wall members and potentially undermining the prohibition against non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall. Read more…
NY Court sends 1st terror financing case to trial
Proceedings will give an unprecedented glimpse into how Hamas was funded over the past 10 years.
United States Eastern District of New York Judge Nina Gershon sent to trial late Wednesday a blockbuster terror financing case against major Jordanian financial institution Arab Bank – the first such case in US history. Read more…
Rule of Law: Shifting to the Center
A year into his term, Supreme Court President Asher Grunis surprised both his supporters and detractors with his rulings.
One year into the reign of Supreme Court President Asher D. Grunis, the anointed prince of the school of anti-judicial activism has fulfilled some of his supporters’ goals while moving to the unpredictable center of the judicial map on others. Read more…
Liberman denies all charges as graft trial begins
Witnesses to begin testifying by end of April; trial end date will preclude Liberman from being appointed minister.
After years of investigation and build-up, former foreign minster Avigdor Liberman pleaded not guilty and denied the charges against him of fraud and breach of public trust, at the opening of his trial on Sunday afternoon. Read more…
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