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The latest on legal issues, criminal investigations, Supreme Court rulings, trial coverage, new laws, legislation and more across Israel.

 Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich arrives at the Western Wall for his son’s Bar Mitzvah, in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 20, 2022.

Court rules media lacked evidence in tax evasion report on Roman Abramovich

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Knesset passes bill to form national authority to fight poverty

 Paul Pescal.

Former model arrested in violent robbery dressed as Wolt delivery man

By Walla!
 The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Opposition leaders to 'act in full cooperation' against judicial reform bill

 RELIGIOUS SERVICES MINISTER Michael Malkieli speaks at a swearing-in ceremony for new chief rabbis, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last year.

For Israel’s Jewish future, we must retain the power of the people - opinion

 A gavel and the scales of justice.

Meitar reclaims title of Israel's biggest law firm

By Nitsan Shafir/Globes/TNS
 JERUSALEM AFFAIRS and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush addresses the Knesset plenum.

Multitasking haredi politicians: One hand writes the laws, the other undermines them - opinion

By ELIYAHU BERKOVITS
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv.

A change in law needed: Israel must find a solution to never-ending trial of Netanyahu - opinion

By Attorney Eyal Rosovsky
Artificial Intelligence Illustration

Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings'

By BINI ASHKENAZI
 Pictures of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival placed outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024

Terror victims file NIS 1.255 billion claim against Palestinian Authority

 Hamas terrorists gesture on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, February 1, 2025.

‘Reminiscent of the Nazis’: CAM calls for legal action against countries aiding Hamas

 Construction in Tel Aviv on December 3, 2024.

Pearl Cohen merges with San Francisco IP firm

By GLOBES/TNS
US President Donald Trump takes oath on the day of his Presidential Inauguration at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2025.

Trump administration fires team of lawyers who prosecuted him, official says

By REUTERS
 People in a restaurant in Orta, with the nearby UNESCO site Sacro Monte and San Giulio island.

Italian government proposes law to combat fake online reviews

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

Israeli gov't presents judicial reform compromise for appointing High Court justices

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Government increasingly at odds with the law - analysis

US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

US House report finds Matt Gaetz violated law with sexual misconduct, drug use, CBS reports

By REUTERS
 whatsapp

Can a last will sent on WhatsApp be valid in Israel? - explainer

By HAIM KATZ , SAM KATZ
 An illustrative image of extended construction in a residential area of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Nightmare landlords, horrible tenants: The hard truth of renting apartments in Israel

By SHANNA FULD
 Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new chief rabbis at the President Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024.

Herzog – ‘Worried’ about ‘dramatic’ wave of legislation altering democratic foundations

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