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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing of the Tel Aviv District Court to give testimony in his criminal trial, December 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2024, 9:53 pm
Netanyahu regales court with story of John Kerry’s invitation to visit Afghanistan
In a colorful anecdote during his testimony, PM relates how he stood up to US pressure to cede security control of the West Bank to American-trained Palestinian forces
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in a Tel Aviv court before testifying for the first time in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv, Dec. 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)
December 10, 2024, 5:40 pm
Netanyahu, 1st PM to testify as criminal defendant, ridicules charges, denies illicit media ties
PM insists his interactions with the press were designed to reform Israel’s ‘monolithic’ media market, denies any special agreement with key figure in corruption charges
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv, December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)
December 10, 2024, 1:03 pm
Coalition MKs, ministers line up at court to back Netanyahu as trial testimony kicks off
Politicians backing PM rail at legal system for hauling him into dock amid security situation; demonstrators for and against Netanyahu gather outside courthouse
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies
Acting Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit at a hearing for a petition filed by families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 9, 2024, 8:46 pm
Supreme Court chief: Levin refusing to meet, directly harming operation of legal system
In letter, acting president Isaac Amit says justice minister refusing to discuss judicial appointments; source close to Levin: ‘He can send the letter to himself by return mail’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Atef Safadi/ Pool Photo via AP)
December 9, 2024, 7:54 pm
The State of Israel vs. Benjamin Netanyahu: PM finally takes the witness stand
Premier to testify in his graft trial in Tel Aviv 3 times a week, 6 hours a day until end of December; his defense attorneys will question him first, followed by cross-examination
By Jeremy Sharon
Eli Feldstein, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged with national security violations in a case involving leaked classified IDF intel, is released to house arrest after 45 days in detention, December 9, 2024 (Ynet screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 9, 2024, 1:32 pm
Netanyahu aide accused in documents scandal released to house arrest after 1.5 months
Supreme Court rejects state appeal against Eli Feldstein’s conditional release, saying little danger posed by it, but keeps NCO who played central role in affair in detention
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli settler activists set up tents in what they claimed is southern Lebanon, which the IDF denied, December 7, 2024. (Uri Tzafon Movement)
December 8, 2024, 7:56 pm
Settler group claims to have entered Lebanon and established outpost; IDF denies it
Far-right Uri Tzafon Movement says families set up tents in southern Lebanon, but military says group’s claims are false and that the settler activists never crossed the border
By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Jerusalem District Court during the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in Netanyahu's corruption trial, July 2, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
December 8, 2024, 4:58 pm
Court rejects claim it must coordinate Netanyahu’s testimony with Knesset speaker
Judges accept Knesset legal adviser’s argument that law applies to only witnesses, not defendants; Ministers Kisch, Sa’ar call to postpone PM’s appearance due to Syria developments
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on his corruption trial, June 26, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
December 5, 2024, 4:16 pm
Court rejects Netanyahu request to testify only 2 days a week in corruption trial
Netanyahu’s lawyers claim request for more court hours is unfairly creating difficulties for the premier; prosecutors say it’s in public interest to finish graft proceedings ASAP
By Jeremy Sharon
Amnesty International Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, September 8, 2015. (chameleonseye/istock)
December 5, 2024, 3:47 pm
‘Predetermined conclusions’: Amnesty Israel workers slam parent group’s ‘genocide’ charge
Local branch rejects report’s conclusion, but says Israeli actions ‘may amount to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing’; US also rejects genocide conclusion
By Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 28, 2024, 6:59 pm
PM said looking to reduce number of days he’ll spend testifying in court
Netanyahu asks that Shin Bet and Courts Administration present judges with details of intended security arrangements; he is meant to begin testifying in his graft trial on Dec. 10
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (left) Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong); Then-defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 9:23 pm
Israel to appeal ‘absurd, baseless’ ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
Jerusalem will challenge court’s action against Israeli nationals as contravening the Oslo Accords; PMO announces Netanyahu met with US senator to discuss steps against ICC
By Jeremy Sharon
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends a prayer for the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, at the Western Wall, March 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 26, 2024, 7:27 pm
Sara Netanyahu seeks recognition as ‘terror victim’ over launching of flares at home
PM’s wife claims suspects were trying to physically harm her family, though no one was harmed in incident, no damage was caused, and she wasn’t home at the time
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 26, 2024, 4:48 pm
Police officers, IDF soldiers arrested for kidnapping Palestinian
Internal affairs department says nine suspects, eight of them security force members, allegedly abducted a West Bank man in August and assaulted him
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Emergency services at the scene of a suicide bombing inside Jerusalem's Sbarro restaurant, Thursday, August 9, 2001. Sixteen people were killed, and 130 injured. (Courtesy)
November 26, 2024, 4:33 pm
Court puts PA on the hook for huge sums in compensation, damages for terror attacks
Jerusalem District Court has ruled PA must pay NIS 46 million to heirs of 3 Sbarro bombing victims due to stipends it pays to terrorists; and hundreds more suits have been filed
By Jeremy Sharon
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