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Ben-Gvir to promote senior police officer Ruti Hauslich on court recommendation

He has also requested that the A-G express her position regarding “someone who impersonates and uses a title that was not given to them in the Knesset."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026.
Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.

Terrorists without finance means no more terror, lawyer for some Oct. 7 victims argues - interview

Gideon Fisher tells the 'Post' about the emerging legal strategy of targeting terrorist financing in civil litigation, offering victims of the October 7 massacre a potential path for compensation.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The Deutsche Welle logo is seen on the foyer of the German broadcaster's Berlin location, March 2, 2022.

Hamburg court bars Deutsche Welle from repeating money laundering claims about Abramovich

Hamburg court rules against Deutsche Welle, halting claims connecting Abramovich to money laundering in a recent report.

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Shamim Mafi, 44, driving a luxury vehicle in an undated picture; illustrative.

LAX authorities arrest Iranian national attempting to traffic arms to Sudan for Islamic regime

Shamim Mafi, 44, was arrested at LAX for attempting to smuggle drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammunition to Sudan on behalf of Iran.

|ByJAMES GENN

Qatargate: Court orders police to return phones to Netanyahu adviser Yonatan Urich

Lod District Court Judge Michal Brant concluded that there was no legal support for the continued seizure of the devices and Urich has a right not to provide passwords.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

UK ban of Palestine Action as terror group faces court challenge over misuse of law

Palestine Action was proscribed in July, putting it on a par with Islamic State or al Qaeda and making it a crime to be a member, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

NOVEMBER 26, 2025ByREUTERS
Police officers stand guard during a mass demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, against the British government's ban on Palestine Action, at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, October 4, 2025.

Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT

The message Brooklyn's district attorney was sending was that “politics matters more than protecting children,” said Boorey Deutsch, the husband of the woman who Weberman abused when she was a girl.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nechemya Weberman convicted for 103 years in prison.

Qatargate: Feldstein’s WhatsApp messages expose chain of command in PM’s office

New WhatsApp evidence suggests Yonatan Urich directed Eli Feldstein, complicating the "Bild" case.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Trump pardons Jewish-British billionaire Joe Lewis, who pleaded guilty to insider trading

Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns English Soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, has been pardoned by Trump after pleading guilty to insider trading in 2024.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis (L) and chairman Daniel Levy in the stands

Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism

Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges, raising fears of renewed social unrest.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025ByREUTERS
People enter the Federal High Court, as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra continues, in Abuja, Nigeria December 2, 2021.

Are Muslim ‘Shariah courts’ taking root in Texas?

In a letter sent to the officials on Wednesday, Abbott pointed to the Islamic Tribunal, launched in Dallas in 2014. He said the group had set up a rival court system to illegally enforce Shariah law.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025ByADRIAN ASHFORD/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS, TNS
Community members gather after a funeral prayer service for Sabika Sheikh at the Brand Lane Islamic Center in Stafford, Texas in 2018. Illustration.

Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown

The ruling is the most dramatic legal action against a former Bangladeshi leader in decades and comes months ahead of parliamentary elections expected to be held in early February.

NOVEMBER 17, 2025ByREUTERS
A protester vandalises a mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with paint, demanding her resignation at Teacher Student Center (TSC) area of University of Dhaka in Dhaka, August 3, 2024.

BBC apologizes to Trump over speech edit but rejects defamation claim

Lawyers for the US president threatened on Sunday to sue the BBC for damages of up to $1 billion unless it withdrew the "Panorama" news program, which doctored a trump speech on January 6, 2021.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByREUTERS
Chief Executive of BBC News Deborah Turness speaks to the media after she and Director General of BBC Tim Davie resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump, in London, Britain, November 10, 2025.

Sde Teiman investigation: Judges propose compromise after packed hearing

Judges convened to decide who should supervise the investigation.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Soldiers from "Force 100" attend the three panel High Court of Justice bench which will hear arguments on who will investigate former Military Attorney General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi for her responsibility in leaking the video showing abuse of a detainee at the Sde Teiman base by IDF reservists.