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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exits a submarine during a visit to the military port of Haifa on November 17, 2009. (GPO)
January 25, 2026, 7:04 pm
Submarine affair probe finds ‘systemic failings’ endangered state security
State commission on decade-old scandal says government acted ‘in chaos and without clear direction’; findings on personal liability to be issued after High Court hearings
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Former President of the Supreme Court Asher Grunis attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the president residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 20, 2026, 11:15 pm
Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis rushed to hospital in serious condition
Judge, 81, led court between 2012-2015 and is chair of Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which was to convene on Thursday to discuss Netanyahu’s nominee for Mossad chief
By ToI Staff
Former president of the Supreme Court Asher Grunis attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2025, 2:59 pm
Head of panel for hiring and firing attorney general ends his term, creating vacuum
Appointment of replacement for Asher Grunis likely to be stalled due to ongoing spat between justice minister and Supreme Court president
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli naval base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
June 24, 2024, 6:38 pm
‘Submarine affair’ inquiry finds Netanyahu’s decisions compromised national security
Commission warns premier and 4 former defense officials that findings of probe may harm their interests; gives notice so they can submit additional testimony, view evidence
By Sam Sokol and Elana Kirsh
Israelis place rubber submarines in the Yarkon river as part of a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 28, 2023, 7:05 am
A year after its launch, details of submarine affair probe’s work yet to surface
While the identities of the witnesses and the materials studied remain unknown, some believe staying under the radar may save panel from being torpedoed by Netanyahu government
By Tal Schneider
Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
February 20, 2022, 5:22 pm
Former Supreme Court chief Grunis to head state probe of ‘submarine affair’
Expanded commission of inquiry approved last month by the cabinet; Netanyahu expected to be called as chief witness
By ToI Staff
Then-newly appointed Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (left) and then-outgoing minister of justice Benny Gantz (right) at a ceremony marking the change of minister, at the Ministry for Justice in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 13, 2021, 10:40 am
Justice minister files list of candidates for next attorney general
2 deputy AGs and a former Tel Aviv District attorney named as potential successors to Mandelblit; more candidates may be added before December 20 deadline
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of prescription drugs. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 12, 2017, 12:07 pm
Drug company to pay out NIS 47.5m for causing depression and hair loss
Perrigo Israel sued by users of thyroid medicine Eltroxin after change in formula left hundreds with side effects
By Stuart Winer
Participants run along Israel's security barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the 4th Palestine Marathon on April 1, 2016. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)
December 1, 2016, 7:51 am
Israeli justices sued in Chile over West Bank security barrier
Palestinian Federation alleges Supreme Court guilty of war crimes; Jerusalem dismisses ‘publicity stunt’
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with then-cabinet secretary and current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, May 26, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/ Pool/ Flash90)
January 3, 2016, 4:36 pm
Cabinet secretary Mandelblit approved as new attorney general
Ministers okay former IDF legal chief as nation’s new top law enforcer; economist Avi Simhon appointed state economic adviser
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with then-cabinet secretary and current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, May 26, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/ Pool/ Flash90)
December 20, 2015, 3:32 pm
Cabinet secretary is sole candidate as next attorney general
Vetting committee says Avichai Mandelblit the only prospect to receive 4 out of 5 votes; move seen as victory for PM, justice minister
By Marissa Newman
The late Mishael Cheshin, who served in the Supreme Court of Israel from 1992 to 2006, seen participating in a discussion at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem. October 17, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 20, 2015, 11:58 pm
Rivlin eulogizes Mishael Cheshin, ‘poet of Israel’s legal world’
Influential former Supreme Court justice laid to rest near Tel Aviv, a day after his death at age 79
By ToI Staff
Former Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 14, 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2015, 11:51 am
Former Ramat Gan mayor sentenced to 5.5 years in prison
Zvi Bar convicted of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks and laundering money
By Adiv Sterman
Former Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 14, 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 26, 2015, 11:41 am
Former Ramat Gan mayor convicted of taking bribes
Court finds Zvi Bar guilty of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks and laundering money
By Adiv Sterman
Incoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor with President Reuven Rivlin (R) during her swearing-in ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 15, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2015, 7:39 pm
Israel swears in new chief justice Miriam Naor
Despite credentials as a judicial conservative, Naor endorsed by famously activist predecessor Aharon Barak
By ToI Staff
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