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Petah Tikva mayor Rami Greenberg faces bribery charges, pending a hearing
Prosecutors told the mayor, the city's director-general and eight others they face charges, alleging over a million shekels in benefits during the 2018 election race.
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Rubio cites Roman general Pompey in a warning to the International Criminal Court
Two men aged about 30 seriously wounded in Kiryat Gat stabbing
Two young men hurt with penetrating wounds in Ein Mahil near Nazareth
Police chief Danny Levy places about 15 officers without Ben-Gvir's sign-off
Seven teenagers arrested in Modiin after police called over noise were confronted
Court lifts ban on naming Rosh HaAyin teacher, 35, suspected in child abuse case
Rahat asked police to intervene before snipers were posted, mayor says
Man, 38, seriously hurt in violent incident at Pardes Hanna-Karkur venue
Elections committee chair Solberg rebukes police over leaked opinion in probe
One dead and four wounded in shooting at a Washington DC fitness centre
Netanyahu trial judges order Attorney General to appear in person on Wednesday
Ben-Gvir calls Netanyahu's trial a fabricated case and urges an end to it
Tel Aviv rape indictment names Adam Yassin, 42, a supervised sex offender
Remand extended for 3 Ashkelon daycare staff suspected of abusing toddlers
Attorney General declines judges' invitation, says open to plea deal talks
Rosh HaAyin teacher held on suspicion of sex offences against young pupil
Two 16-year-olds indicted over helmeted attack on a teen in a Nahariya park
Bnei Brak man, 51, charged with assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her
Russia's FSB says it detained two Polish agents in Kaliningrad region
At least 2 arrested as protesters throw objects at Joe Biden in Dublin
Police find no financing or security offences in Arab-sector election affair
Ben-Gvir and Feiglin seize on ex-police officer Avishai Moalem's TV claims
Three Bakri crime group members from Nazareth charged over extortion and shootings
Long Island man charged over threats to Jewish mother and girl, 7, in kosher store
Man with loaded revolver stopped at Washington Hebrew Congregation door
Haifa woman held on abuse suspicion after girl seen led on a leash
Police open fire after fleeing car hits patrol vehicle near Kiryat Shmona
Police say Route 79 stabbing near Shfaram likely criminal; man, 36, seriously hurt
Al-Batuf council head named among dozens held in protection racket raids
Driver detained after car hits sign near White House with Trump inside
Deri joins coalition attacks on prosecution over Boaz Blat recordings
Israel's police chief asks attorney general to clear appointments Ben-Gvir hasn't signed
Council head's son and father suspected of setting up two shell companies
500 police officers raid sites across Israel, dozens held in protection probe
Police arrest 11 in Lod after far-right activists tour an Arab neighbourhood
Man of about 50 seriously hurt in violent incident on Tel Aviv's HaTikva Street
Herzog asks Eisenkot to form Israel's next government as he courts rivals
Liberman denies Channel 13 report of Haredi backchannel, sets High Court test
Palestinian flag hoisted at Berlin's Reichstag a day before Kristallnacht anniversary
Gas station manager near Kafr Qasim badly hurt after driver runs him over
Ben Gvir says attorney general pressures police chief, calls senior officer a liar
Ariel daycare staff charged over 400+ abuse cases; prosecutors seek detention
Five killed in shooting on Krakow's main market square, Polish police say
High Court fines Knesset Speaker Ohana 10,000 shekels but won't order comptroller vote
Attorney general rejects Likud claim she is stalling election tampering probe
Afula barber, 17, indicted over stabbing in dispute about customers
Ben Gvir stands by claim police chief Danny Levy 'wants to see blood'
Three young men wounded, one seriously, in shooting in Rahat in the Negev
18 settlers detained as forces clear Givat Ora Yisrael outpost near Salfit
Mandelblit tells Netanyahu trial he does not recall approving Israel Hayom probe
Protester tells Eisenkot 'you murdered your son' outside his Herzliya home
Woman, 43, killed in Petah Tikva; husband suspected, found dead nearby
Russia's FSB detains minor over planned attack at Moscow's Tsaritsyno museum
Ein HaHoresh man, 49, charged over 21 X posts urging Netanyahu's death
Beersheba court frees doctor in Ra'am vote-buying case, rejecting house arrest
Man aged 23 from Yarka shot dead in Druze village of Isfiya
France reports 320,000 protesters as clashes erupt in Paris and Marseille
France puts 70,000 police on duty as a third week of protests looms
Man about 30 seriously wounded in shooting in Ar'ara, police suspect crime
Florida man, 31, charged over alleged threat to shoot at new Jewish community
Poland suspends constitutional court chief, prompting protests in Warsaw
Mor Shemali, widowed in the Alexandria shooting, dies three years on
Binance says suspected security breach hit about $6.3 billion, bitcoin falls
Negev school principals among suspects held in Ra'am election bribery probe
Herzog seeks full probe into alleged election interference, defends Arab voters
Likud calls Ra'am bribery affair 'Ra'amgate' and an attack on democracy
Israel Police find no basis for Likud claim that Arab parties stole the 2026 vote
Bolsonaro in Miami as Argentina faces calls to probe Milei role in his escape
Six held in villages near Hebron as raid after deadly attack continues
Netanyahu trial judge asks how court can ignore Mandelblit's account of illegal acts
Netanyahu warns of long queues in Arab towns, accuses Ra'am of election theft
Jordan detains three suspects after deadly shooting at Karak church
Man of about 25 shot dead in Yafia, near Nazareth, during a taxi ride
More than 400,000 protest across France as Paris clashes continue
High Court bars parties from relaying live polling-station turnout digitally
Man, 49, moderately wounded in stabbing at Afula barbershop
Man, 29, seriously hurt with penetrating injury near Shuafat checkpoint
Macron condemns French riots after nearly 2,400 arrests in a single day
Israel's cabinet approves Health Ministry plan to speed up clinical trials
Arrest figures range from 1,200 to 1,800 after a day of unrest across France
Rubio urges Israel to curb settlers after attack on Washington Post photographer
Police chief vows zero tolerance after Haredi protest blocks Highway 4 near Yavne
No arrests after Taybeh attack on diplomats as police cite lack of cooperation
Teen, 17, dies after violent incident on Herzl Street in Ashkelon
Two arrested as Haredi draft opponents try to enter Bnei Brak Kodkod building
Man, 37, taken to Ichilov with penetrating injuries after Tel Aviv assault
Shooting at a house in Bi'ina near Karmiel leaves at least 4 wounded
9 toddlers taken to Hadassah after allergic reactions at Betar Illit daycare
Man aged about 20 shot dead in Umm al-Fahm, a second man lightly hurt
Mandelblit's second day on stand: defence accuses prosecutors of misleading him
Kfar Saba mayor Rafi Sa'ar and his wife arrested in tender bribery probe
Two Israeli activists detained near Yasuf after clash, barred from closed zone
Woman killed in Beersheba named as Nania Malede; husband arrested
Woman seriously hurt by gunfire aimed at a building in Tur'an, Lower Galilee
Man seriously hurt in Yavne after relative's licensed gun discharged
Hind Rajab Foundation asks the ICC to investigate Israeli doctors over Sde Teiman
Man killed as car explodes at Pal-Yam junction on Road 4 near Or Akiva
Convicted MK Ofer Cassif risks losing Knesset seat, Haaretz reports
Rosh HaAyin accountant suspected of omitting NIS 60 million in share income
Haredi crowd in Modiin halts arrest of draft deserter, policewoman hurt
Young man about 20 seriously wounded by gunfire on Yefet Street in Jaffa
Oman had grounded flydubai co-pilot over radicalisation fears, WSJ reports
Israeli investigators expected to question flydubai copilot in the UAE
Israel's top court lets Ra'am, the Joint List and MK Ofer Cassif run for Knesset
Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh drops Knesset bid after High Court hearing
Netanyahu says pilot stabbed co-pilot on Dubai flight, plane diverted to Saudi Arabia
Thousands march in Jerusalem for jailed Haredi draft evaders, cash offered
Cars burned and Hebrew revenge graffiti left in villages near Ramallah
Man, 21, seriously hurt with penetrating wounds in Shibli, Lower Galilee
Suspect who threw salt shakers at Bennett cursed him in questioning
Woman in her 30s dies in Haifa, 28-year-old partner arrested by police
Man with M-16 who fired at a home in Yafa near Nazareth dies after police shooting
Herzog erases Elor Azaria's criminal record on eve of Yom Kippur
Turkey detains about 200 in fraud network case, nine said to be Israelis
Hadera teenager named as Amichai Atia; driver's remand extended
Police officer and his father held over Haifa stabbing that left man, 25, critical
Man in his thirties dies in violent incident on Ashkelon street
Israeli ministry says woman attacked with bottle in Berlin on Rosh Hashanah
Smotrich posts AI video of judges dragged away, then hits back at critics
Boy of 14 critically wounded by gunfire in Kafr Kanna, police open investigation
Man, 50, shot dead in Taibe as Arab homicide toll reaches 173 this year
Yair Golan sues Sara Netanyahu for millions over Channel 14 remarks
Netanyahu visits Mount Hermon inside Syria; Damascus calls it illegal
Israeli sentenced to 13 years for killing Aisha Rabi with a thrown stone
Netanyahu announces libel suit against Haaretz over warning report
Wounded man in Usarin stabbing named as Netanel Yaakovs, 19
Man, 47, taken to Soroka hospital after violent incident in Rahat
Sara Netanyahu's Channel 14 remarks on Yair Golan draw threatened lawsuit
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Jerusalem Prosecutors Charge Seven Over Benyahu Raz Killing
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A Stolen Rifle, a Cocaine Ring and a Colonel Under Suspicion
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A Scorpion Gun, Boxes of Ammunition and 2.5kg of Explosives
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Two More Arrests in the Benyahu Raz Killing, One Suspect at Large
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Three Arrested Over a Web of Fake Firms and False Invoices
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25 Handguns and Four M16s Seized in Lahav 433's 'Nomad' Sting
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35 People Found in a Lod Hideout Flat After a Car Chase
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Dozens Arrested After an Agent Was Told to Pay Be'er Sheva Protection
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An Undercover Officer, a Front Business and Dozens of Arrests
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Two Charged Over a Haifa Ring That Lured Women With Fake Jobs
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Six Lorries Seized in a Raid on Israel's Pirate Waste Depots
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A Borrowed Key, 26 Hotel Rooms and a Suitcase of Loot in Eilat
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Kabbalist Rabbi Amos Gueta Killed in His Netanya Study Hall
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Rabbi Amos Guetta Stabbed at Home, Suspect Arrested in Netanya
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Two Hurt in a Shooting at the Kochav Yair Petrol Station
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A 2007 Killing, an Arrest in Qalqilya Almost Twenty Years Later
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A Man Stabbed in a Bnei Brak Study Hall, an Arrest in Beit Shemesh
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Hate-Crime Charge Over Attack on Nun at King David's Tomb
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Police Open Operation Meron 2026 as the Pilgrimage Is Called Off
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Ramat Gan Religious Council Chief Stabbed on a City Pavement
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14 Charged in the Money Maze Case That Drained Nazareth
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A Sting on Antiquities Thieves Uncovered a 2,000-Year-Old Factory
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Cyprus Must Weigh Israel's Request for a Jailed Property Developer
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Eight Arrested and Three Handguns Seized in Capital Shield
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Avshalom Peled Takes Command of Jerusalem's Million-Person District
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Tax Debtors Lose 46 Cars, Luxury Models Among Them, in Nationwide Raids
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Druze Officer Hatem Azzam Named Israel's Deputy Prison Chief
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81% of Israeli Sex Offence Cases Are Closed Without Charges
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Six Arrested and Officers Hurt as Israel Clears Tzur Misgavi
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Levin Names a Retired Judge to Run the Sde Teiman Leak Inquiry
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Five Years in Jail for the Israeli Behind Cyprus's Caesar Resorts
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Stones, a Stalled Car and One Shot Fired on a Binyamin Road
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Woman Shot Dead at Home in Abu Snan as Arab Death Toll Hits 149
