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Remove Efi Naveh from Bar head running -NGO to State Attorney
Though Naveh resigned as the Bar head in 2019 over a scandal, Israeli sources reported that he had gained enough signatures to run for reelection.
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Israeli brothels operated by 'working women' to face less government prosecution
Prostitution in Israel is legal, but pimping and brothels remain outside the law, and new legislation proposing to persecute only patrons of the sex trade is making its way through the Knesset.
Court convicts Gay Pride Parade stabber Yishai Schlissel of murder
Schlissel’s first attempt at infiltrating the parade was stopped by police. He managed to gain entry and launch the attack by joining it from a different street.
US court hears PA appeal against $656 m. terror judgment
Court to PA: your argument could make it hard to sue foreign terrorists in US; Victim: hopeful for complete victory.
Shaked, AG can wait on emergency motion to end prosecutors’ strike
Judge Eyal Avrahami pushed back at the emergency motion, noting that if it was so emergent that it could not wait another day, it would have been filed 9 day ago when the strike started.
Report shows spike in valid complaints against judges
A valid complaint indicates that the judge made one of a variety of possible errors.
Guantanamo’s influence on Israeli civilian courts
Normally, the only kind of testimony that can be used to convict a defendant, any defendant from a petty thief to an arch terrorist, is testimony made by witnesses in court.
Jerusalem judge orders release of Palestinian man responsible for Herzliya manhunt
Citing lack of evidence of planned terror attack, judge rejects 5-day remand pending police appeal.
Analysis: Stop and frisk terror law may not last even if it passes
Stop and frisk, meaning where a policeman stops someone on the street and can demand to review what objects they are carrying in their pockets or elsewhere.
African migrants start law school studies at Ramat Gan
One migrant is in a night program which will allow him to continue working as a court translator in Tel Aviv.
Shaked introduces major changes to confessions law to protect defendants
Many security cases involving Arab-Israelis and even some involving Jewish security suspects could be heavily impacted by the change.
Curing the Supreme Court’s ills – Part I: Judicial review
One of the important tasks which the new government and the new Knesset will face is the urgent need to cure some of the ills of the Supreme Court.