Jerusalem, 13 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Prof. Netta Barak-Corren of Hebrew University has been named to the European Research Council’s (ERC) “Ambassadors for the ERC” program and awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant for her scholarship in constitutional law. Her project, EmpiriCon, aims to address the “empirical deficit” in constitutional law by introducing evidence-based methods to legal reasoning.

Barak-Corren will work with international experts to advance fundamental research and shape future constitutional decision-making.

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Crime April 15, 2026 at 9:48 am 54 minutes ago New

Highway 1 westbound closed truck fire Ya’arim Interchange

Highway 1 westbound lanes reopening after truck fire at Ya'arim Interchange, heavy traffic persists.

Crime April 15, 2026 at 9:20 am 1 hour ago New

A suspect was arrested for sending threatening messages to a police officer following an indictment filed against him. An investigation was opened after police officers from the Ashdod station received a report that an Ashdod resident had sent threatening messages.

Ashdod resident arrested for sending threatening messages to a police officer; indictment filed.

Crime April 15, 2026 at 8:48 am 2 hours ago New

Police officers from the Unit for Combating Crime in the Yarkon District arrested three suspects (residents of Herzliya, aged 21, 25, and 43) overnight on suspicion of involvement in a murder incident that occurred earlier this week in Herzliya.

Yarkon District police arrested three Herzliya residents overnight on suspicion of involvement in a murder incident earlier this week.

Crime April 15, 2026 at 8:23 am 2 hours ago New

Highway 1 westbound was closed this morning to vehicular traffic due to a truck fire near the Ya’arim Interchange. As of this hour, two out of three lanes have been reopened.

Highway 1 westbound reopened two of three lanes after a truck fire near Ya'arim Interchange; obey police instructions.

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Highway 1 westbound closed truck fire Ya’arim Interchange

A suspect was arrested for sending threatening messages to a police officer following an indictment filed against him. An investigation was opened after police officers from the Ashdod station received a report that an Ashdod resident had sent threatening messages.

Police officers from the Unit for Combating Crime in the Yarkon District arrested three suspects (residents of Herzliya, aged 21, 25, and 43) overnight on suspicion of involvement in a murder incident that occurred earlier this week in Herzliya.

Highway 1 westbound was closed this morning to vehicular traffic due to a truck fire near the Ya’arim Interchange. As of this hour, two out of three lanes have been reopened.

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Following a covert investigation by the Central Unit in the Northern District, eight suspects were arrested this morning in connection with the murder of the late Wail Sa’ida.

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We saw that a new battalion was established this month, so we went out on a combat reconnaissance mission.

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