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Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road during a demonstration against light rail construction work on Shabbat on the outskirts of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on September 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

September 21, 2018, 9:43 pm

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox protest over Shabbat work on light rail

Court rules work on Tel Aviv project can go ahead because halting construction would put tunnels in danger of collapse and endanger lives

By TOI staff

Eli Bar Zakai, the driver suspected of causing the death of Eylon Shalev-Amsalem, speaks to reporters at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on August 5, 2018. (Screenshot: Twitter)

September 17, 2018, 7:48 pm

Court: Driver suspected of killing teen can go to synagogue on Yom Kippur

But judge rejects appeal to release Eli Bar Zakai, accused of fatally running down 13-year-old, from house arrest

By TOI staff

Former Chairman of IDB Group Nochi Dankner (left) seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2018, as he arrive for his appeal on stock fraud. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 29, 2018, 4:16 pm

Tycoon Nochi Dankner ‘surprised and disappointed’ by increased jail term

Investors welcome court decision, saying it shows the securities authority is ‘cracking down on illicit behavior’

By AP and TOI staff

Former chairman of IDB Group Nochi Dankner seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 29, 2018, 12:34 pm

Supreme Court increases jail sentence of tycoon Nochi Dankner to 3 years

Dankner, once one of Israel’s richest men, and co-defendant Itay Strum, each have year added to sentence for securities fraud after appeal rejected

By AP and TOI staff

A Jewish Israeli teen is brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, on suspicion of issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the US and around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)

August 27, 2018, 8:19 pm

Father of JCC bomb hoaxer claims son went on hunger strike over jail conditions

Israel Prisons Service denies Israeli-American convict tried to starve himself, rejects claims of mistreatment by guards

By Jacob Magid

August 23, 2018, 2:47 pm

Driver downed bottle of vodka before killing 13-year-old — indictment

Eli Bar Zakai refused to heed friend who urged him not to drive drunk to Tel Aviv; drank water and tried to induce vomiting to diminish signs of alcohol

By Jacob Magid

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)

June 28, 2018, 12:22 pm

Israeli-US teen convicted of thousands of bomb threats, including against JCCs

19-year-old from Ashkelon hoaxed Jewish centers, airports, hospitals and schools; told police he ‘liked to see people running around in panic’

By Tamar Pileggi

A Chabad rally in Rabin square in Tel Aviv, July 10, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

June 24, 2018, 4:10 pm

Court overrules Tel Aviv municipality to allow gender-segregated event

Women’s rights groups had asked city hall to cancel messianic Chabad gathering in Rabin Square because of partition separating men from women

By Stuart Winer and Jacob Magid

Screen capture from video of Kamel Abu Amarah, center, an Arab Israeli accused of joining the Islamic State group, seen in Tel Aviv District Court, April 18, 2018. (Screen capture: Walla news)

April 18, 2018, 2:10 pm

Arab Israeli indicted for planning Islamic State attack in Tel Aviv

Kamel Abu Amarah, 19, from Jaffa, sent IS operatives a video of himself swearing allegiance to terror group, declared online his willingness to carry out suicide bombing

By Stuart Winer

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan at a Likud party conference in Lod on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

February 26, 2018, 9:31 am

Minister urges criminal probe into texting scandal, review of Case 4000 rulings

Attorney and judge in Bezeq affair removed from case, now under disciplinary investigation; coalition chief Amsalem claims evidence of putsch against Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff

Muhammad Harouf is brought to the Tel Aviv District Court on February 25, 2018 for sentencing. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

February 25, 2018, 5:52 pm

Palestinian sentenced to life for murdering pregnant Israeli lover

Nablus resident Muhammad Harouf claims he strangled girlfriend Michal Halimi last year in terror attack, not romantic dispute

By Tamar Pileggi

Journalist Igal Sarna seen at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for a hearing in a libel case against him submitted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, March 14, 2017. (Gideon Markowicz/POOL)

January 28, 2018, 4:47 pm

Court rejects journalist’s appeal against NIS 100,000 libel award to Netanyahus

Igal Sarna failed to show that lawsuit by prime minister and his wife aimed solely to silence him, or that the marital spat he reported ever happened

By TOI staff

Screen capture from video of a group of men confronting security guards in the ER unit of Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, September 27, 2017. (YouTube/Times of Israel)

January 10, 2018, 3:13 pm

Six convicted of assaulting hospital security guards

Five men confess to brutal attacks at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov; 19-year-old woman convicted of several assaults and threats

By Michael Bachner

December 26, 2017, 1:00 pm

After fleeing country, crime boss charged for beating hospital guards

David Amoyal was arrested last week for his suspected involvement in violent assault on staff at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov medical center

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative: Facebook notifications on a smartphone. (JaysonPhotography/Istock by Getty Images)

December 18, 2017, 6:48 pm

Facebook reinstates Israel’s once-most popular page after legal battle

Tel Aviv District court ruling compels social media giant to restore Statusim Metzaytzim, which was taken down three years ago for publishing sponsored content

By TOI staff