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The Israeli teen (L) suspected of killing Aisha Rabi in the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on January 23, 2019. (YouTube/Screen capture)

May 19, 2019, 11:25 am

Supreme Court okays house arrest for teen accused of killing Aisha Rabi

Rejecting state’s appeal, justice argues that likelihood 16-year-old could carry out another attack would be ‘close to zero’

By Jacob Magid

A car belonging to a Palestinian couple is seen after it was involved in a deadly crash reportedly due to stone-throwing by Israeli settlers at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank on October 12, 2018. (Zachariah Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights); Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi (Courtesy)

May 15, 2019, 9:45 pm

State appeals house arrest for Israeli teen charged with killing Palestinian

Prosecutors say Jewish terror suspect behind deadly rock-throwing attack poses ‘extreme danger’ to the public

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

Model Bar Refaeli poses for photographers upon arrival at the Dior ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection in Paris, February 26, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP)

May 12, 2019, 7:46 pm

Court verdict: Bar Refaeli to pay NIS 8 million over unreported income

Ruling, handed down last month but only publicized Sunday, shows judge skeptical that supermodel’s rent was paid without her knowledge, derides her ‘evasive’ account

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Saad and Riham Dawabsha, with baby Ali (Channel 2 screenshot)

May 12, 2019, 3:54 pm

State reaches plea bargain with teen accomplice in Duma terror attack

Court drops murder conspiracy charge and instead convicts far-right activist only of planning 2015 arson along with other attacks

By Jacob Magid

Inside the Dawabsha home in Duma. A doll wrapped in a Palestinian flag rests in a stroller to honor Ali. (Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel)

April 4, 2019, 1:35 pm

State in plea bargain talks with teen accomplice in Duma terror attack

Agreement would see suspect admit to planning firebombing that killed 3 members of Dawabsha family in exchange for a conviction on reduced offenses

By Jacob Magid

Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0)

March 12, 2019, 6:36 pm

Church official fumes after case against suspected monastery vandals dropped

Decision to not pursue prosecution of pair over anti-Christian graffiti on Dormition Abbey called ‘unacceptable’

By Agencies and TOI staff

Right-wing activists protest alleged Shin Bet torture of Jewish terror suspects, staging mock torture scenes in Tel Aviv, December 25, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

March 11, 2019, 7:56 pm

Prosecution drops case against far-right activists in Jerusalem church arson

Decision marks further blow to Shin Bet, which saw confessions it extracted from suspect through elaborate jailhouse informant exercise thrown out by court two months ago

By Jacob Magid

Palestinians gather next to a house sprayed with graffiti reading in Hebrew: 'revenge' and 'hello from the prisoners of Zion,' in the West Bank village of Beitillu on December 22, 2015.(AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI)

February 26, 2019, 9:23 pm

Settler teen convicted of terror offenses for attacks on Palestinians

Suspect found guilty of hurling smoke grenades and Molotov cocktails into populated homes, stoning and torching vehicles and brutally assaulting a farmer, between 2013 and 2016

By Jacob Magid

January 29, 2019, 3:01 pm

In reversal, Defense Ministry says man killed in 2015 was a terror victim

David Bar-Kapara had been found to have been beaten to death by pair of Palestinian cousins in a botched robbery

By TOI staff

January 24, 2019, 10:18 am

Israeli teen charged with terror in rock attack that killed Palestinian woman

Manslaughter indictment against 16-year-old says he was motivated by ideology of ‘racism and hostility toward Arabs everywhere’; other suspects will apparently not face charges

By Jacob Magid

The entrance to the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank. (Flash90/File)

January 6, 2019, 8:56 pm

Rabbis approved Shabbat violation to counter threat of Shin Bet interrogations

Settlement spiritual leaders deemed investigation into Palestinian woman’s killing a matter of life and death, in light of past suicide attempt by Jewish terror suspect

By Jacob Magid

January 6, 2019, 3:29 pm

Detained Jewish teenagers suspected of murdering Palestinian woman — Shin Bet

Partially lifting gag order, security service says students at northern West Bank yeshiva were involved in hurling stone that struck Aisha Rabi in the head, killing her

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative: A member of the "hilltop youth" rides a donkey at an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank. (Credit: Zman Emet, Kan 11)

January 5, 2019, 9:17 pm

Two further suspects said nabbed in Jewish terror probe

Teens are students at same West Bank yeshiva attended by other detained minors; police said to prevent them meeting with lawyer; 3 other teens prepare to see attorneys

By Jacob Magid

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at the official opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 5, 2019, 7:07 pm

Shaked tells mother of Jewish terror probe suspect to ‘be strong’

In phone call, justice minister clarifies she cannot get involved in investigation; left-wing activists say she would not have same conversation if inmate were Palestinian

By Jacob Magid

Right wing activists clash with police outside a court hearing in Rishon Lezion, on the matter of the Jewish youth suspects in a major security probe whose details are under gag order on December 31, 2018. (Flash90)

January 3, 2019, 8:32 pm

Court orders minors held in Jewish terror probe be allowed to meet with lawyers

Judges says police ban on legal counsel must end after week of detention, though they find police suspicions of terror plot are reasonable

By Jacob Magid