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Four others released to house arrest
Detention extended of suspect in weekend settler attacks with known history of violence
Screenshot from video of diplomats attacked by settler extremists in the Taybeh area of the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Amit Orfali via X/@AmitOrfali)
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Nadav Cohen Tzemach was arrested in December 2025 but never charged after running over Palestinian with an ATV and firing weapon in a Palestinian village
MK Ofer Cassif at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, October 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 1:34 pm
Hadash MK Cassif convicted of assaulting police officer during 2022 West Bank clash
Court finds Jewish lawmaker from Arab party guilty of aggravated assault for slapping Border Policeman during altercation; Cassif calls verdict ‘political persecution’
By Jeremy Sharon
A nun seen with a bruise to the head (left) after a man allegedly attacked her near King David's Tomb in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 28, 2026. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
August 27, 2026, 5:14 am
Citing mental illness, Jerusalem court acquits man who attacked nun, sends him to psychiatric facility
Judge determines Yona Schreiber was in psychotic state during assault in May, orders him hospitalized for six years
By ToI Staff
Liel Ifergen, suspected of murdering a 7-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 4-year-old boy in the city of Beit Shemesh, arrives for a remand hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, August 18, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 2:32 pm
Man who allegedly stabbed 7-year-old to death reportedly on drugs at time of killing
Court orders Liel Ifergen kept in custody until Sept. 3 over Beit Shemesh stabbing; report says he’d been previously hospitalized at psychiatric hospital, will undergo new evaluation
By Michael Horovitz
Haredi demonstrators push over a dumpster while rioting outside the home of Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Noam Sohlberg in the settlement of Alon Shvut, June 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 14, 2026, 6:44 pm
Four men indicted over Haredi riot at home of Supreme Court Justice Sohlberg
Some neighbors thought violent anti-conscription protest was a terror attack and hid in safe rooms, according to indictment, which says prosecutors don’t know who shuttled or led the aggressors
By Charlie Summers
Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, who was convicted of of using the alias "Jack Segal" to deceive up to 12 women into having sexual relations with him (Israel Police)
February 19, 2026, 4:14 pm
Jerusalem rabbi gets 20 months for using fake ID to dupe 12 women into sleeping with him
Married father used alias ‘Jack Segal’ on dating sites between 2016 and 2023, posing as secular and single; also ordered to pay up to $4,800 compensation per victim
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Chani Katz, whose 6-month-old son Ari was found dead in an unlicensed Jerusalem daycare, gestures as she speaks to the press at the Jerusalem District Court on January 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
January 22, 2026, 11:51 pm
Mother of baby boy found dead at unlicensed daycare says caregivers are innocent
Chani Katz says 6-month-old Ari died by ‘divine decree’ at overcrowded daycare in Haredi enclave of Jerusalem, where another baby girl died and 53 babies and toddlers were injured
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the planned autopsy of babies who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 20, 2026, 7:40 pm
High Court nixes autopsies of babies found dead at daycare as Haredim riot in protest
Elderly man assaulted as ultra-Orthodox rage against ‘desecration’ of infants who died at unlicensed Jerusalem daycare; teen protester blocking road is run over, moderately injured
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Left to right: A recycling bin and a car are heavily damaged after the bin was set alight in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Israel Police); Anti-government activist Amos Doron, suspected of setting fire to trash bins in Jerusalem, is escorted out of his hearing in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court after he is ordered to remain in police custody on September 4, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
September 4, 2025, 4:19 pm
Suspect to remain in custody over fires started near PM’s home during hostage protest
60-year-old reservist denies setting trash bins alight in Jerusalem, which destroyed a car and forced neighbors to evacuate
By Charlie Summers
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Knesset committee meeting on November 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2025, 12:56 am
Man suspected of seeking rabbi’s approval to kill AG to go free on Friday, judge rules
Judge orders suspect to remain in custody another day, after police asked to detain him for a week; defense attorney argues there was no tangible threat to Baharav-Miara’s life
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
August 21, 2025, 9:50 pm
Police arrest two US yeshiva students who photographed sensitive security site
Both men freed after Jerusalem judge rejects police request to extend detention by 5 days; suspects’ lawyer says they are ‘innocent passersby,’ claims facility gate left unlocked
By Charlie Summers
Jerusalem protesters Rom Leor (left) and Matanel Ciechanowski (right) with their lawyer Yoni Nussbaum (center) after being released from police custody in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on August 18, 2025. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2025, 7:49 pm
Protesters who were detained, held overnight claim police used arrests as punishment
‘We’re protesters, not suspected criminals,’ says activist freed by court; Tel Aviv court releases 3 on restrictive conditions
By Charlie Summers
The motorcycle of Fouad Alian, an East Jerusalem Palestinian, after he was killed in a suspected nationalist hit-and-run on May 22, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
May 29, 2025, 5:28 pm
Suspect in killing of Arab parkgoer to remain in custody, Jerusalem judge rules
Jewish suspect’s remand extended after he fatally rammed Fouad Alian with his car; slain man’s family calls killing a nationalist murder
By Charlie Summers
Orian Ben Kalifa, a Border Police officer accused of assaulting a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem's Old City, seen as she arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 3:45 pm
Border cop convicted of assaulting Palestinian woman gets police certificate of merit
Ben Gvir lauds decision to honor Oriane Ben Kalifa, who was filmed tearing hijab from Hala Salim’s head, choking her; unnamed senior officer says decision ‘harmful to the force’
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Yom Kippur War veteran Eyal Yaffe arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, March 29, 2025, after he was arrested on suspicion of harassing a border policewoman during a protest in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2025, 1:25 pm
Protester remanded in custody on suspicion of ‘indecent act’ against female cop
Police find several illegal weapons dating to 1970s at home of Eyal Yaffe, whose lawyer says they’re ‘family mementos,’ unconnected to client’s protest activism
By ToI Staff
An anti-government protester presses up against a policewoman during a demonstration in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 28, 2025, 11:33 pm
Police detain man said to have pressed up against female cop from behind at protest
Anti-government activist of war veterans’ protest group denies wrongdoing, says video from Jerusalem demonstration ‘fabricated’
By ToI Staff
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