Law

After 903 days in captivity, Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released by the "Hezbollah Brigades" in Iraq, U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday night. Tsurkov, a doctoral researcher at Princeton University, had been kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 and held hostage since

The Committee for Senior Civil Service Appointments on Thursday approved the nomination of Major General David Zini to serve as the next head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), despite sharp criticism from within Israel’s security establishment and concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s role in the appointment process

More than five days after the Yemeni Field affair erupted, the Israel Police arrested Major General (res.) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the outgoing Chief Military Advocate General, late Sunday night — only hours after she was found safe following her mysterious disappearance. Also arrested was Lt. Col. Matan Solomesh, who until recently served as the Chief Military Prosecutor. Both are expected to be brought today (Monday) before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court for an extension of their detention

U.S. President Donald Trump announced overnight (Thursday–Friday) that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, becoming the first country to do so in his current term

Meni Binyamin, commander of Israel’s elite anti-corruption and organized crime unit Lahav 433, was questioned this week by the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mishpat) on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of office. The investigation centers on claims that Binyamin influenced an internal probe conducted by Lahav 433 in a case in which he allegedly had a personal conflict of interest.

In a sharply worded ruling issued Wednesday, the High Court of Justice delivered an unequivocal message to the government regarding the prolonged non-enforcement of the Security Service Law as it relates to the conscription of Haredim: the era of deferring, avoiding and circumventing the law must come to an end

A deepening confrontation has emerged in recent weeks between Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, driven not only by institutional disagreements but also by internal Likud politics and pressure from the Netanyahu family