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Attorney Arbel Feldman, who was shot dead in Rishon Lezion on August 4, 2026. (Social media)
August 5, 2026, 1:42 pm
Arbel Feldman named as Rishon Lezion torts lawyer allegedly shot dead by client
ֿBar association holds minute of silence, offers support to members facing threatening clients; suspect named as Ahmed al-Rajoub, said to refuse to surrender gun to police, keeps silent in questioning
By Noam Lehmann
Police work outside the law firm where a lawyer was shot dead on August 4, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
August 4, 2026, 6:35 pm
Rishon Lezion lawyer shot dead in his office by disgruntled client, police say
Suspected killer turns himself in, was ‘unhappy with the service he received’ and shot the lawyer repeatedly after a heated argument, central district police chief says
By Noam Lehmann
A mock 'wanted' poster of Lebanese bank owner Antoun Sehnaoui, left, plastered by protesters outside the Lebanese Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 19, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
July 29, 2026, 10:44 pm
Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met Netanyahu in Washington
Beirut suit accuses Antoun Sehnaoui of violating 1955 law banning contact with Israelis, which can be punished with imprisonment, despite talks between the countries
By AP
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman at the annual Jerusalem conference of 'Besheva' -- the digital arm of the right-wing Arutz 7 media network, February 17, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 11:49 am
Environment minister slams data from her own office as ‘fake news’
Idit Silman blasts NGO for releasing figures obtained through Freedom of Information request showing 83 percent drop in indictments against environmental violators on her watch
By Sue Surkes
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on the way to Miami, Florida, April 12, 2025. (Pool via AP)
April 13, 2025, 8:13 am
Top US law firm sues Trump for seeking to ‘exact revenge’ on it; 5 others make deals
Susman Godfrey is latest firm to push back on White House, says it’s being targeted for representing Dominion Voting Systems in defamation suits amid Trump 2020 election lies
By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and David Thomas
Activists with the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel groups Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow hold a rally demanding a ceasefire in Gaza in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building on October 18, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
January 20, 2025, 1:08 am
US attorney uses ‘lawfare’ to force $700K settlement from Jewish Voice for Peace
David Abrams makes a living off hunting alleged fraud by groups critical of Israel; in JVP’s case, the group allegedly misrepresented itself when applying for COVID relief funds
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters walk from Columbia University down to Hunter College, May 6, 2024, in New York City. (SPENCER PLATT / Getty Images via AFP)
May 8, 2024, 5:28 pm
Conservative US federal judges announce boycott of Columbia Law School graduates
University promises backing for its alums in face of hiring freeze over pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests; insists they are ‘consistently sought out’
By Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond
Cardi B attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
August 4, 2023, 7:58 pm
Rapper Cardi B tweets, deletes picture appearing to fete Jewish lawyers
After posting Wikipedia photo of Haredi men, artist flogged for using Jewish lawyer trope to celebrate Las Vegas police deciding not to file charges over incident at concert
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Eyal Besserglick, February 2, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 12, 2023, 6:55 pm
Lawyer exits race to head Bar Association after scandal over huge fee in murder case
Eyal Besserglick unrepentant about charging bereaved family $170,000, alleges ‘media lynching,’ says he’s quitting to protect his family, staff from harassment
By ToI Staff
Lawyers take part in a demonstration against the government's controversial plans to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Tel Aviv District Court on January 12, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 12, 2023, 7:12 pm
Lawyers rally outside Tel Aviv court against ‘dangerous’ judicial overhaul
Hundreds of attorneys stage rare demonstration against Netanyahu government’s push to remake judiciary, which they call a threat to democracy: ‘We won’t let it happen!’
By AFP
'The Fight for Free Speech' (NYU Press) by author and free speech legal expert Ian Rosenberg. (Portrait photo by Larry Bercow)
June 6, 2021, 4:56 pm
US free-speech lawyer: Government legislation a threat to First Amendment rights
In his new book ‘The Fight for Free Speech,’ author, professor, and ABC News legal counsel Ian Rosenberg cites 10 contemporary cases that highlight how fragile that freedom is
By Cathryn J. Prince
Israeli attorney Amit Hadad attends the annual international Municipal Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 2, 2021, 7:00 pm
Netanyahu defense attorney to represent Meron victims’ families
Amit Hadad is one of the main lawyers for the PM in his corruption trial; his office reportedly set up emergency hotline for families to call, in later-deleted item
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Dror Hemed's 'Visit at the Museum 2017', one of the artworks that won him the Shiff Prize for Art in 2020 (Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
August 6, 2020, 1:31 pm
Realistic portraits of masculinity win major art prize for lawyer-turned-artist
Haim Shiff Prize winner Yisrael Dror Hemed often paints portraits of those he sees and meets on the street, and then immortalizes them on canvas
By Jessica Steinberg
Attorney Avi Himi at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 19, 2019, 4:56 pm
Defense lawyer Avi Himi takes helm of scandal-battered Bar Association
Acting head beats out challenge by celebrity criminal attorney Zion Amir, following resignation of former head Effi Nave over fraud, sexual bribery allegations
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: This April 13, 2009 photo shows an employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, waiting for the front gate to be opened so she can enter. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)
June 13, 2019, 4:21 am
A Jewish lawyer represents clients at the strictest immigration court in the US
Although these impoverished asylum seekers have little chance of winning, for the past two years Marty Rosenbluth has lived in small town Georgia to make their case in person
By Ben Sales
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