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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed Interior Minister Aryeh Deri that after examining the evidence gathered in the investigation file in which he was questioned as a suspect, he is considering prosecuting him for tax offenses in three incidents, subject to a hearing. The case begins with an undercover investigation that began at the National Fraud Investigation Unit (JHA) in Lahav 433, with the assistance of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, which raised an alleged suspicion of government corruption offenses. At the same time, an evidentiary basis was found for the commission...

Israel is at the forefront of enforcing restrictions as part of the fight against the corona virus. This is according to data collected by the Israel Police from its partners around the world. For comparison, 30,000 reports have been distributed in the UK so far, compared to 522,000 reports distributed in Israel. This emerges from data presented by the Israel Police. In recent months, the Israel Police has been holding online meetings with police around the world in order to learn about their challenges there, and try to find solutions to local challenges. Among other things, the police...

The district court today (Wednesday) rejected the appeal filed by Twitter against a decision given in September in the Magistrate's Court - in which it was determined that Linoy Bar-Geffen could file a defamation lawsuit against the company in Israel. The lawsuit, for NIS 300,000, was filed by Bar Geffen in 2019 against Twitter (+ 3.89% 47.72) - after she asked her twice to remove an abusive and blatant tweet posted against her and her partner - and was denied. Only after contacting lawyer Guy Ophir and he turned to Twitter, the tweet was removed. According to Bar Geffen, her inquiries...

Facebook suspended the Likud's propaganda chat, Bibi Bot, this week, following a post calling for the public to be given personal details of citizens who have not yet been vaccinated in Corona, the social network confirmed tonight. On Saturday, Dr. Anat Ben-David of the Open University revealed that Bibi Bot, a key figure in Likud election campaign in the form of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is asking his followers to send him confidential medical information about their relatives and acquaintances. We have not yet been vaccinated, "he wrote," you can write to me here in response to...

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed the High Court that the loan received by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his cousin, the American businessman Natan Milikovsky, in the amount of $ 300,000, is a prohibited gift. This is after the ombudsman ruled two years ago that this is a gift that requires the approval of the permits committee. The ombudsman explains the change in position in exposing the business ties between Netanyahu and Milikowski in the stock affair, which the ombudsman decided to close in October. A decision published on Tuesday evening in response to a petition...

The Supreme Court, headed by Justice Noam Solberg, granted a petition seeking an amendment to regulations to prevent essential stores, which may operate on closing days, from selling non-essential products. The petitioners are companies that operate through franchisees businesses around the country, selling toys and similar products - they argued that the current policy, which allows the sale of non-essential products, while selling essential products, violates equality, without justification, and without achieving a proper purpose

The hearing of the evidence in the Alpine cases in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust will begin on Monday, April 5, 2021, that is, after the election. This is what the court ruled. The judges also rejected Netanyahu's request to cancel the indictment due to defects in the ombudsman's approval of investigations in cases 1000 and 4000. The three judges stressed that they do not accept the request in a way that justifies the dismissal of the entire indictment, but left an opening for a discussion of Netanyahu's allegations after the...

The government approves the third-beat regulations of the reliefs that will take effect on Sunday. Studies in grades 7-10 will be renewed in educational institutions in the green, yellow and orange cities. Institutions of higher education will also be opened for the vaccinated and recovering. The ministers also approve a restriction on gatherings in banquet halls, which will allow up to 50% of the hall to occupy no more than 300 people. Entrance to the halls will only be allowed for green card holders, except for 5% of the event participants, who will be able to enter by presenting the...

The restrictions on Ben Gurion Airport are lifted after two months. But two days before the election the number of departures from Israel is expected to be greater than the number entering the country: midnight the restrictions on Ben Gurion Airport will expire. Departure to Israel for those who are not vaccinated or recovering. On Saturday evening, members of the Corona Cabinet approved the amendment of Ben Gurion Airport regulations following the High Court ruling, so that the limit of 3,000 passengers a day at Ben Gurion Airport will be abolished in accordance with the High Court...