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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) and police chief Danny Levy attend a ceremony at the Israel Police headquarters in Jerusalem, November 30, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 30, 2026, 4:38 pm
Police chief halts incitement department’s operations, complying with High Court
Danny Levy accedes to decision ordering a temporarily halt to ‘proactive’ social media monitoring by fledgling body founded by Ben Gvir, despite minister’s fierce objection
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, January 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2026, 10:40 pm
High Court orders freeze to proactive monitoring by Ben Gvir’s new ‘anti-incitement’ body
Ruling comes amid reports that new police department established under minister illicitly tracks ordinary citizens’ social media activity without concrete suspicions
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Police disperse demonstrators protesting against the war at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2026. (Flash90)
March 12, 2026, 5:53 am
A 2016 photo of a Palestinian flag landed a teacher in cuffs. Police call it ‘incitement’
Authorities tout crackdown on speech seen as ‘support for the enemy’ by arresting, interrogating Arab citizens, in wartime campaign that critics claim curbs basic rights
By Charlie Summers
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2025, 3:21 pm
Man arrested for posting death threats against Druze COGAT chief
Suspect called Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, a senior officer who oversees affairs in West Bank and Gaza, a ‘Nazi Hamas terrorist in IDF uniform,’ urged followers to ‘pray for his death’
By Charlie Summers
Efraim Shamir of the Israeli rock band Kaveret performs during the group's comeback tour in the summer of 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 6, 2025, 12:53 pm
Police question musician Efraim Shamir for incitement to terrorism against Netanyahu
Kaveret guitarist, who denies the allegations, speculates investigation may relate to his social media posts criticizing PM
By ToI Staff
Far-left Haredi journalist Israel Frey attends a protest calling for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 9:32 pm
Police probe far-left Haredi journalist who cheered IDF soldiers’ deaths in Gaza
Iconoclastic reporter Israel Frey says ‘world is a better place’ after 5 Israeli soldiers killed by Hamas-detonated bombs, urges mothers to refuse to send their sons into combat
By Charlie Summers
Opposition Leader and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on March 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 10:11 pm
Lapid warns ‘crazy incitement’ against Ronen Bar could lead to ‘political murder’
‘Silence your ministers,’ opposition leader pleads with Netanyahu, whose office reportedly pressured the ousted Shin Bet chief not to file a statement to the High Court
By Sam Sokol
People at the scene of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2025. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
March 11, 2025, 11:03 pm
Moroccan man handed two-year jail term for praising terror attack in Israel
Member of banned Islamist group denies hailing the stabbing of four people in Tel Aviv as the beginning of a ‘blessed racist campaign’; lawyer says he will appeal ruling
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hollywood agent Brandt Joel (right) with actor Renee Zellweger at the 2005 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (J. Vespa/WireImage)
September 6, 2024, 9:49 am
A-list Hollywood agent dropped over violent message in pro-Israel group chat
‘Screw the left kill all,’ wrote superstar rep Brandt Joel after news of hostages’ murder in Gaza; Joel says he only meant Hamas, but actor Mahershala Ali fires him over comment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Spanish police officers prior to arresting an unidentified man in Barcelona, Spain, on April 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
March 26, 2024, 2:37 pm
Spain detains man with suspected Islamic State links for promoting terror online
Police say suspect has ‘extensive connections’ with jihadists across globe, accuse him of offering ‘training and instruction in terrorism’ along with propagandizing
By AFP
The AI-generated image posted to X by media adviser Itzik Elrov of a woman resembling Transportation Minister Miri Regev covered in popcorn supposedly dipped in blood in a post criticizing the government's handling of the war against Hamas. (Screenshot from X used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 7, 2024, 7:19 pm
Critics cry ‘1984’ as police launch probe into X post flogging minister over joke
Investigation of suspected ‘threats’ against Miri Regev — after cops denied okay for incitement probe — draws charges of politically motivated bid to chill speech
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: A Hamas flag at the Temple Mount, in 2013 (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:52 pm
Jerusalem wedding singer charged with inciting to terror over backing for Hamas
Mohammad Shweiki, 21, indicted for singing to crowds and posting clips to social media of his support for terror actions, including allegiance to head of Hamas military wing
By ToI Staff
The Or Simcha youth village in Kfar Chabad, central Israel, October 26, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
November 7, 2023, 2:31 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 7: Day 32 – Ukrainian kids who fled to Israel escape war again
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on indictments for incitement to racism and violence; education reporter Gavriel Fiske on universities’ support for their student reservists
By ToI Staff
A slogan reading 'Jews wake up. Arabs out' is grafittied on a wall in the West Bank town of Marda, August 24, 2022. (Courtesy)
November 6, 2023, 7:09 am
Zero indictments for incitement against Arabs filed despite widespread online hate
Social media has been rife with calls for anti-Arab violence, population transfers, racist stereotypes; meanwhile, dozens of Arabs indicted for incitement based on social media
By Jeremy Sharon
A house where 40 Israeli civilians were held hostage in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 11, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
October 30, 2023, 3:04 pm
34 people indicted since Oct. 7 for incitement, praise of Hamas and Hezbollah
The State Attorney’s Office has filed charges against citizens, East Jerusalem residents for social media posts lauding the October 7 atrocities and other offenses
By Jeremy Sharon
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