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Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Administrative detainee Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on a hunger strike in prison, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 9, 2026, 6:20 pm
Court nixes general’s appeal to keep restrictions on settler accused of lurid attack
Tal Yinon Dardik says house arrest at mother-in-law’s untenable, wants to return to his outpost closer to site of March attack where settlers allegedly zip-tied a Palestinian man’s genitalia
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Hamas terrorist Muhammad Fuad Gasser Sayid is seen with hostage Avinatan Or in captivity in the Gaza Strip during the war, in an image released by the IDF on April 12, 2026, showing him to have been eliminated. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 9, 2026, 12:26 am
IDF, Shin Bet acknowledge for first time special mission to hunt down and kill all Oct. 7 terrorists
Officers in ‘Nili’ unit confirm facial recognition, artificial intelligence, detainee interrogations, humint being used in operation to track down every participant in Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion, massacre, abductions
By Jeremy Sharon
MK Simcha Rothman leads a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, May 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 6, 2026, 9:10 pm
Next right-wing government could create constitutional court above Supreme Court, MK says
Overhaul architect Simcha Rothman warns drastic move transferring judicial review to new bench would be needed to deal with current top court, which ‘does not obey the law’
By Jeremy Sharon
Left: Yinon Levy attends an Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem after being sanctioned by the US, on February 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Right: Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, over whose death Levy is accused of reckless homicide. (Eldad Rafaeli)
August 6, 2026, 4:26 pm
Extremist settler charged with reckless homicide over death of Palestinian activist
More than a year after deadly clash at Umm al-Khair, state says Yinon Levy killed Awdah Hathaleen, as seen in footage from slain activist’s phone
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a committee hearing, August 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 5:32 pm
High Court freezes contentious Knesset funds for Haredi schools, Settlements Ministry
Justice Stein issues order due to ‘apparent procedural flaws’ in convening Finance Committee; coalition accuses court of hypocrisy, says similar funds allocated by last government
By Jeremy Sharon
Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks at the inauguration of a school for so-called hilltop youth in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, August 4, 2026. (Arye Minkov/Beit El Municipal Council)
August 5, 2026, 1:15 pm
Israel inaugurates first school for extremist so-called hilltop youth in West Bank
Beit El school, one of 4 set to be established, is part of government attempt to incorporate minors living in far-flung illegal farming outposts into education system
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 9:22 pm
Netanyahu, under legal duress, agrees to tap interior minister after year-long vacancy
AG, representing state in High Court, says PM agreed to appoint successor to Moshe Arbel before October 27 elections, as transfer of powers to premier creating problems
By Jeremy Sharon
Left to right: Defense Minister Israel Katz, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 12:38 pm
Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz
Lawmakers, former generals, settlement leaders decry defense minister’s live TV replacement of Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth; IDF said freezing senior appointments until elections
By Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
A Palestinian stands next to a fire after brush was set ablaze on the roadside to prevent an Israeli settler attack in the West Bank village of Sinjil, July 17, 2026. (AP/Leo Correa)
July 30, 2026, 8:53 pm
Deadly West Bank gunfight underscores peril as Palestinians organize against settler attacks
With friction points moving inside Palestinian cities as settlers carry out violent raids in Areas A and B, residents are getting together to confront assailants, raising fears of armed clashes
By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
MK Simcha Rothman attends plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 3:17 pm
Rothman loses defamation suit against reporter on controversial Oct. 7 comment
Channel 12 said far-right MK implied some terror victims’ lives worth more than others’, then retracted his statement; he said report was a lie; witnesses said he made statement, but it seemed to be a ‘slip of the tongue’
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 28, 2026, 3:25 pm
High Court extends freeze on law banning arrest of Haredi draft dodgers
Justices barely challenge legal arguments that law is discriminatory and violated Knesset procedure, speak out sharply against Haredi claim in court that Torah ‘forbids’ enlistment
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 8:26 pm
AG urges court to freeze law granting government control over police internal affairs
Legislation giving justice minister control over investigations of police would ‘politicize’ law enforcement and severely harm civil rights in Israel, Baharav-Miara argues
By Jeremy Sharon
Yifat Ben Hai Segev arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court on December 13, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 2:16 pm
Government-appointed media regulatory body chief resigns, citing court freeze on tenure
Ben Hai Segev says ‘silence is complicity’ with High Court ruling against Second Authority appointments. Petitioners allege she was appointed to thwart media buyout by government critics
By Jeremy Sharon
Alon Shamriz (Courtesy)
July 26, 2026, 4:35 pm
High Court rejects petition to recognize mistakenly slain hostage as fallen soldier
Family of Alon Shamriz calls ruling ‘spit in the face,’ had argued that he received reserve orders for his elite unit on Oct. 7 as he was abducted, would have answered the call
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
July 26, 2026, 2:53 pm
Daily Briefing July 26: West Bank clashes turn deadly
Settlements correspondent Jeremy Sharon examines Friday’s fatal gunfight near Nablus and how Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is fueling the rising tensions across the West Bank
By Gabriella Jacobs and Jeremy Sharon
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