Attorney General Expected to Charge Netanyahu With Bribery Next Month, Report Says
Israel News Company reports that senior legal officials say AG Mendelblit concluded deliberations on the telecom graft probe known as Case 4000
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Israeli Attorney General to Meet With Netanyahu's Lawyer Over Timing of Indictment Decision
Despite agreeing to the meeting request, the Attorney General's office says 'there are no grounds for suspending the handling of cases against elected officials or candidates' if police have finished investigating
Head of Israel's Bar Association Resigns Over Sex for Judgeship Case
Effi Nave was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of promoting judges in exchange for sexual favors
Ultra-Orthodox Party Must Accept Female Members, Israel's High Court Rules
Supreme Court president says Agudat Yisrael's charter must be amended to remove all restrictions on women attaining party membership
Analysis Arrest of Israel's Top Lawyer in Sex for Judgeship Case Proves Judges Aren't Saints
Nepotism, cronyism and preference for the elites has always existed when appointing judges. The difference today is the context – sex, and perhaps the chutzpah and style that stemmed from Nave’s intoxication with power
Sex for Judgeship Scandal: Israel's Most Powerful Lawyer Named as Main Suspect
'Effi' Nave has been a dominant figure on Israel's legal scene since 2015, and recently made headlines for allegedly trying to smuggle a travel companion through airport security
Sex for Judgeship: Arrests in Scandal Rocking Israel's Justice System
Attorney general recuses himself from case given friendship with main suspect, who police want to keep in custody for three more days ■ Justice minister, top justice to testify
Fact-checking Netanyahu's 'Dramatic' Statement on Meeting State's Witnesses
The police don't have to let state's witnesses confront their accusers, and corruption doesn't necessarily include cash
Israeli President Warns Against ‘Irresponsible Attacks’ on Shin Bet Security Service
'Right now the Shin Bet is on the firing line,' Rivlin said as the interrogation of five Jewish minors suspected of killing a Palestinian woman in the West Bank is underway
Israeli Justice Chief: I 'Broke' the Old Conception of the Justice System
At the swearing-in ceremony for new judges, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked accuses law academics of ‘toeing the line’ of judicial activist approach pioneered by Aharon Barak
Netanyahu's 'Dramatic Statement': I Asked to Face State's Witnesses and Was Refused Twice
'I'm willing to do it on live TV,' Netanyahu says, claiming he has 'nothing to lose' and demanding to be confronted with witnesses in probes against him
Decision Whether to Charge Netanyahu in Multiple Corruption Cases Expected Next Month
Avichai Mendelblit to announce whether Netanyahu will be indicted in three cases before April 9 election, source says
State Prosecutor Slams Coalition Whip for Saying 'Millions Won't Accept' Netanyahu Indictment
Shai Nitzan criticizes 'dangerous statements' by Likud MK and ex-PM Ehud Barak on future of PM's corruption charges as undermining public faith in attorney general
Israel's Supreme Court President Snipes at Justice Minister Shaked Over Attempts to Politicize Judiciary
'The are no right-wing or left-wing judges,' Esther Hayut said, calling on politicians to let judges 'perform their duty impartially' ■ Attorney general called out Likud MK for 'harming public trust' in decisions over Netanyahu's corruption cases
Former Senior Jurists Urged Attorney General to Decide Whether to Indict Netanyahu Before Election, Report Says
According to report, Avichai Mendelblit was told by those present that announcing a decision about whether to indict Netanyahu, subject to a hearing, before the election was an 'obligation to the public'
Israeli Court Extends Remand of Minors Suspected of 'Jewish Terror Plot'
'Terror is terror, whether it comes from Arabs or Jews,' state prosecutor says as demonstrators protest detention of minors involved in case shrouded by gag order
Attorney General Rejects Claim That Police Probe of Netanyahus Was Tainted
The investigation was run by a police unit whose former head charged that the Netanyahus might be behind a sexual harassment allegation against him
Analysis Attorney General Fears Decision on Netanyahu Cases Near Election Will Be Deemed Meddling
Avichai Mendelblit faces a dilemma: The state prosecutor says voters deserve to know beforehand whether Netanyahu will be indicted, but Mendelblit worries such a decision would constitute intervention
Israeli Justice Ministry: Early Elections Won't Affect Netanyahu Corruption Cases
Ministry says the investigation is an 'orderly and professional process that functions independently of political events' ■ Elections to be held April 9
Netanyahu Sues Journalist Ben Caspit for Libel: 'Crude, Serious Smears'
Netanyahu seeks 200,000 shekels over article suggesting new prosecutor on team investigating the prime minister is in his debt
Netanyahu Can't Avoid Criminal Charges, Former State Prosecutor Says
'They weren't bringing this for a birthday or a dinner,' Moshe Lador says of a bribery charge against the premier, asserting that 'it's very unrealistic' he won't be indicted
Bill to Expel Palestinian Assailants' Families Will Truly Harm Israel, AG Cautions
Avichai Mandelblit also blasts the construction of new structures at an evacuated West Bank outpost: 'Placing caravans on private land is no source of pride'
Former Israeli Anti-fraud Chief Sentenced to Jail Over Corruption Charges
Menashe Arbiv will spend four months in prison and 200 hours of community service for failing to report bribe offers he had received from a powerful rabbi
Prosecutor's Office Recommends Indicting Netanyahu for Bribery in Two Corruption Cases
State Prosecutor's Office recommends charge of bribery in Case 2000 and Case 4000 ■ Netanyahu: 'Leaks to media are meant to apply wrongful pressure to indict me'
Bedouin Woman Who Killed Husband Who Raped Her Ordered for Release
The woman has already served more six years of her sentence which President Rivlin shortened from 11 to nine years
Netanyahu’s Lawyer Could Have Conflict of Interest, Israel Police Say
Retired Judge Oded Mudrik could have a conflict of interest in his role as head of a disciplinary tribunal in a case involving the police
Shin Bet Instructs Israeli Judges How to Implement Counter-terrorism Law
District court judges, who hear petitions from Palestinians, were only briefed by security and government officials in training seminar ■ 'They basically told them what to write in their rulings,' one participant tells Haaretz
Israeli Attorney General Rules Sara Netanyahu Can Go to Guatemala as 'Private Citizen'
Avichai Mendelblit says PM's wife does not have any special legal status ■ Prime Minister’s Office: trip will funded in part by Guatemala and in part by Israel
Israeli Court Sentences Man to 14 Years for Gang Rape, Though He Didn't Rape Victim
Supreme court stiffens sentence from 11 years to 14 ■ Court said man played 'a dominant role' in abducting the woman and guarding the door while his friends raped her
Israeli Would-be Police Chief Withdraws Candidacy Amid Scrutiny
Edri withdrew his nomination following a news report about his meeting with a polygraph examined before he took the test ■ Advisory committee opposed his nomination after he didn't divulge a meeting with a lawyer of a police corruption whistle-blower