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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 photo of a man in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 28, 2019, 2:01 pm
Woman, 65, dies after son attacks her in their home in Lod
Murder suspect arrested, said to be mentally ill; lawyer says police refusing to send him to psychiatric examination
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv on April 2, 2019, ahead of general elections next week. (Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 8:41 pm
Woman denies aiming vegetable at Netanyahu
After brief detention, 18-year-old says she was trying to lob pepper at relative during market visit
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv on April 2, 2019, ahead of general elections next week. (Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 12:51 pm
Woman who threw tomato at Netanyahu released amid mental illness claim
Police say motive was not political; video of incident at Tel Aviv’s Hatikva Market goes viral
By TOI staff
Tova Kararo, a nurse killed by a patient on March 14, 2017. (Facebook)
March 5, 2019, 3:42 pm
Man convicted of burning nurse to death at Holon clinic in 2017
Judges rule Asher Faraj, 80, set Tova Kararo, 55, alight in premeditated murder
By TOI staff
Moshe Pereg, the uncle of Gil Pereg who is accused of killing his mother and aunt in Argentina, speaks to journalists in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2019. (screen capture: Hadashot)
January 28, 2019, 2:31 pm
Uncle says nephew accused of murdering mother, aunt in Argentina a ‘psychopath’
Moshe Pereg says his nephew Gil was a ‘genius’ student at the Technion, but an undiagnosed mental breakdown in 2006 sent him on a downward spiral
By TOI staff
Adiel Kolman, who was killed in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on March 19 2018 (Courtesy)
December 10, 2018, 4:42 pm
State rules Palestinian stabber was mentally ill, thus not a terrorist
Decision on killer of Adiel Kolman, based on legal opinion from AG, could have repercussions for attacks where assailant proves insanity
By Jacob Magid
Lia Ciner
May 29, 2018, 3:18 pm
Lia Ciner
On my meds, off my meds
Anti-depressants allowed me to scratch away at a very lost identity, but then they imprisoned me
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at Kikar Shabbat in Jerusalem to attend the funeral of the infant who drowned to death in Ashdod, April 5, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 15, 2018, 11:27 pm
Drowned baby’s mother: ‘Divine voice’ told me to submerge ‘son of Messiah’
Court lifts gag order to reveal that 28-year-old woman with history of mental problems is formally suspected of murder
By TOI staff
Shayna Goldberg
September 7, 2017, 3:41 pm
Shayna Goldberg
When things are much worse than they seem
Internalize the fact that it’s normal for even strong, capable, happy people to need help sometimes
Asher Faraj seen in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on March 15, 2017. (Flash90)
July 5, 2017, 8:22 pm
Holocaust survivor who burned nurse to death is fit for trial
Court-appointed psychiatrist deems Asher Faraj responsible for his actions when he killed Tova Kararo in March
By TOI staff
Attorney Yoram Sheftel (Flash90)
June 26, 2017, 3:49 pm
Attorney who represents Hebron shooter to defend JCC bomb hoaxer
Parents hire Yoram Sheftel for son, who is being kept in closed facility at Ramle jail for 23 hours a day, given unfamiliar medications, they say; medical evaluations confirm autism
By David Horovitz
An Israeli woman streaks at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday, June 11, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)
June 12, 2017, 1:59 pm
Mother of Western Wall streaker pleads for privacy
Woman says her daughter’s behavior at Jerusalem holy site driven by mental illness, not a political statement
By TOI staff
Ruth Tepler Roth
May 27, 2017, 12:52 am
Ruth Tepler Roth
Mental illness isn’t ‘other people’
Her son was ‘at risk’ and she missed the signs; now, she speaks out to support and remove the stigma from those in need
The suspect brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
May 18, 2017, 12:48 am
Teen behind JCC threats has attempted suicide 5 times in jail, lawyer says
Attorney says suspect, who is said to be on autism spectrum, may be moved to psychiatric hospital inside prison
By TOI staff
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