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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a press conference announcing the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump, Netanyahu and the renaissance of Soviet apparatchiks

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During the Cold War, when Soviet émigrés tried to tell Westerners what it was like living under Soviet communism, their explanations usually began with a discussion of the media. They would say something like, “You...
Gala Baharav-Miara. Source: Screenshot.

Israeli Justice Minister taps Gala Baharav-Miara as country’s first female attorney-general

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Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday tapped former Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next attorney general. Baharav-Miara would replace Avichai Mandelbit, whose term ends today, Jan. 31. The appointment...
Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev speaks during a visit to the upper Galilee, Aug. 11, 2021. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.

Israeli minister denies police abuse of NSO spyware against citizens

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Israeli Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev on Saturday night denied a recent press report that the Israel Police has been using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware against citizens, without a court order, through use of a legal...
Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen as he arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 22, 2021, Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL

Plea bargains should not be for prime ministers

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It’s the sort of story that makes you wonder about who is doing the leaking and why. When the first reports of a possible plea bargain deal ending the trial of former Israeli Prime...
Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene of the tragedy at Mount Meron in northern Israel, April 30, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel launches probe into Mount Meron disaster

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The state commission of inquiry into the April 30 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people killed and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag B’Omer festival at the site, began its work on Sunday. The...
An Orthodox Jewish man visits Mount Meron in northern Israel, where 45 Israelis lost their lives during a stampede at a Lag B'Omer celebration, May 3, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israeli AG: Provisional government can launch state probe into Meron disaster

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Monday that there is no legal impediment to establishing a state commission of inquiry into the Lag B’Omer disaster, not even in the case of a provisional government. “Although...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and then-Cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s cabinet votes to appoint new justice minister, attorney general says vote is illegal

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A stormy cabinet session and a vote over the appointment of a new justice minister have thrown Israel into yet another political crisis. At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister...
Knesset member Hanin Zoabi at an Education Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, Jan. 17, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Former MK Hanin Zoabi to be indicted on fraud charges

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Israel’s attorney general announced on Tuesday that former Knesset member Hanin Zoabi of the Balad Party will be indicted on fraud charges. Zoabi is accused of forging documents submitted to the State Comptroller between 2013...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at an event in honor of retired judge Yaacov Tirkel, at Bar-Ilan University. March 4, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli attorney general: ICC has no authority over Israel

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Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Tuesday dismissed the International Criminal Court’s ruling last week that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel for war crimes, saying the court has no authority over the Jewish...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a ceremony for outgoing State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan in Jerusalem, on Dec. 18, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Jerusalem court orders attorney general to produce authorization for PM probes

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In a decision that could have significant political ramifications, the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to hand over Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s authorization for police investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Prosecutors have...