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Federal judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be released by Friday on $1 bond

Khalil was the first leader of last year’s pro-Palestinian student protests to be arrested under the Trump administration’s push to deport non-citizens who they said fueled antisemitism on campuses.

 Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025.
 BILLS HAVE already been introduced to dissolve the Knesset, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with the key actors in this drama to try to avert that outcome. Here, Netanyahu arrives in the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court, before the start of his testimony on Tuesday.

Netanyahu reports feeling ‘sick,’ trial hearing ends early

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends the evidentiary hearing against MK Ofer Cassif, June 9, 2025.

'Cheap populism,' MK Cassif calls out Ben-Gvir's arrival at his evidentiary hearing

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court for day three of cross-examinations in his corruption trial, May 9, 2025.

Netanyahu trial: Cross-examination testimony opens in Tel Aviv


'Genocide' complaint filed in Paris over deaths of French citizens in Gaza airstrike - report

Jacqueline Rivault's complaint comes after her two grandchildren were killed in Gaza during an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza.

 Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Gaza May 2, 2023.

Bank Hapoalim blocks Physicians for Human Rights' account over terrorism financing claims

Bank Hapoalim claims there was reasonable evidence indicating the organization had ties to terrorism financing.

Bank Hapoalim.

Police officers to compensate protesters for excessive force, court rules

The ruling followed a civil lawsuit filed by the two demonstrators, who alleged they were assaulted during a protest in Caesarea.

 ISRAEL POLICE officers detain a protester during a demonstration calling for the release of Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv last month.

Southern Israel resident convicted of one million NIS fraud through phishing

Magistrates’ Court Judge Anat Choleta found that the defendant exploited Bank Hapoalim’s “Deposit Envelope” service to commit fraud totalling nearly NIS 1 million.

Bank Hapoalim

Netanyahu's trial: Tadmor probes prime minister's relationship with Milchan

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Aviv court for criminal trial, June 3, 2025.

Netanyahu cross-examined in day 36 of criminal corruption trial

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Aviv court for criminal trial, June 3, 2025.

Harvard seeks end to US funding cuts, says national security, public health research in peril

In a lawsuit filed Monday, Harvard argues that the Trump administration’s funding freeze is illegal and threatens to derail critical research into pediatric HIV, dark energy, and more.

 A general view of the Harvard Medical School in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 15, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. Picture taken May 15, 2022.

Michigan man suspected of racist threats at synagogue pleads guilty to weapons offense

He allegedly drove through the parking lot at Temple Beth El while yelling racist and antisemitic profanities and threats like "F--- Israel and Jews!" and "Y'all are going to die!" the case stated.

Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Netanyahu trial day 35: Last day of defense questioning opens in Tel Aviv

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, 02 April 2025.

Netanyahu: I never registered conversations with Mozes as bribery

“I never took this as bribery. I saw it as a general statement that he would try to get to it, not at all something specific. I didn’t take it that seriously, nor did anybody else,” Netanyahu said.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2025.

Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House

The underlying measure is among Republicans’ efforts this session to expand religion in public classrooms. Lawmakers voted Friday to send a bill to Abbott allowing prayer time in public schools.

 The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.