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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

Emmanuel

Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
April 9, 2021, 8:18 am
Malka Leifer appears in Australia court for hearing on child sex abuse charges
Haredi ex-principal, 54, remains in custody until September pre-trial proceedings where she faces 74 counts of abuse dating to her time working at Melbourne’s Adass Israel School
By AFP
Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)
August 11, 2019, 4:16 pm
Israeli indicted for sexual abuse of 45 underage girls
Prosecutors add obstruction of justice charge after 26-year-old Uriah Assis tried to fake mental illness in bid for leniency
By ToI Staff
A general view of the Emmanuel settlement in the West Bank. 12, April, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 1:54 pm
West Bank settlement resident facing over 100 counts of child sex abuse
Uriah Assis from ultra-Orthodox Emmanuel, 26, accused of string of charges including rape, sexual assault and possession of child pornography
By ToI Staff
A private investigator tagged Malka Leifer as she spoke on the phone, while sitting on a bench in Bnei Brak, on December 14, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 13, 2019, 11:48 pm
Fraud claim against Leifer calls suspect’s incompetency defense into question
Prosecution witness says former Australia principal accused of sexual abuse pretended to help her gather donations, but instead was pocketing checks
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Qusra on December 4, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
January 28, 2019, 2:03 am
Settler held on suspicion of attacking, wounding 2 Palestinians with an ax
Court extends remand of man from ultra-Orthodox settlement of Emmanuel by three days, motive for attack not clear
By ToI Staff
Emmanuel mayor Ezra Gershi speaks in his office in December 11, 2011. (Screen capture/YouTube)
December 13, 2018, 7:52 am
In plea deal to avoid prison, former settlement mayor admits to buying votes
Ex-Emmanuel mayor Ezra Gershi to serve six months’ community service for bribing local Chabad officials and illegally influencing outcome of 2013 municipal race
By Jacob Magid
(L-R) Ellie Sapper, Nicole Meyer and Dassi Erlich in Jerusalem on November 29, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
December 6, 2018, 6:19 am
Australian sisters trace accused abuser’s steps to West Bank town where she fled
Residents of Haredi settlement of Emmanuel only vaguely familiar with, and not particularly disturbed by, allegations against former Melbourne girls’ school principal Malka Leifer
By Jacob Magid
Soldiers and paramedics are seen at the scene where an Israeli woman was run over and killed by a Palestinian driver, near the northern West Bank settlement outpost of Havat Gilad on August 16, 2018. (Roi Hadi/Samaria Regional Council)
September 12, 2018, 5:49 pm
Palestinian indicted for hit-and-run, not terror, in death of Israeli woman
Driver, 60, charged with causing death by negligence and abandoning the scene of an accident
By ToI Staff
Emmanuel mayor Ezra Gershi speaks in his office in December 11, 2011. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 28, 2018, 2:13 pm
Mayor of ultra-Orthodox settlement charged with buying votes
Ezra Gershi accused of promising Chabad members funds and jobs in Emmanuel local council in exchange for support in 2013 poll
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Hava Rozen. (Courtesy)
August 17, 2018, 9:53 am
Woman killed in West Bank hit-and-run named as 42-year-old Russian immigrant
IDF preliminary investigation finds it ‘highly likely’ Palestinian driver, who turned himself in to PA police afterwards, hit Hava Roizen by accident
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Soldiers and paramedics are seen at the scene where an Israeli woman was run over and killed by a Palestinian driver, near the northern West Bank settlement outpost of Havat Gilad on August 16, 2018. (Roi Hadi/Samaria Regional Council)
August 16, 2018, 11:10 pm
Israeli woman killed by Palestinian car in West Bank; driver turns self in to PA
Man tells Palestinian police he hit victim by accident and fled in fear; military sources say hit-and-run likely but don’t rule out terror; settler leader insists it was attack
By Alexander Fulbright, Jacob Magid and Adam Rasgon
Former Australian principal Malka Leifer, wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes, seen at the Jerusalem District Court, February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 1, 2018, 6:22 pm
Court denies bail for Malka Leifer, alleged child molester wanted in Australia
Decision made despite defense claims that ultra-Orthodox former principal unfit to stand trial; extradition hearing scheduled for July 15
By Jacob Magid
Former Australian principal Malka Leifer, who wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 1, 2018, 10:22 am
Woman wanted for abuse in Australia accused of molesting Israeli girl
Resident of Emmanuel, where ultra-Orthodox former school principal Malka Leifer resided, claims she behaved inappropriately with his daughter
By ToI Staff
Former Australian principal Malka Leifer, who wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2018, 11:15 am
Australian TV airs covert footage of molester facing extradition from Israel
More than 200 hours of video show fugitive teacher was apparently faking mental illness to avoid being sent to Melbourne, where she faces 74 charges of sex crimes
By ToI Staff
Ultra orthodox Jewish boys, pupils at the Poalei Menahem Talmud Torah, in the Beitar Illit settlement on September 4, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 18, 2017, 11:51 am
Black is the new orange: 30% of settlers are now Haredim
An ever-growing housing crisis has the ultra-Orthodox sector and the settlement enterprise converging, geographically and politically
By Jacob Magid
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