NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest piece on the Likud's soft coup preventing the Opposition Blue and White taking control of government after its election victory. I'm grateful if you'd give this piece visibility by reading and promoting it on Facebook and Twitter. Israel's de facto governing Blue and White coalition has been prevented from taking … [Read more...]
Israel’s Sex for Judgeship Scandal Widens with Charges Implicating Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon
NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest piece yesterday about the conflicted, ambivalent response of the American Jewish leadership to the Trump-Kushner-Netanyahu Deal of the Century. Please give it a read and promote it via social media. For the past year, I've been reporting on a massive sex and corruption scandal implicating every level of the judicial … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Israeli Supreme Court Justice Locked in Influence-Peddling Scandal Takes Leave of Absence
The tentacles of the Efi Naveh influence-peddling scandals have reached into the highest echelons of the Israeli justice system. I reported previously that chief judge of the Tel Aviv District Court, Eitan Orenstein, traded favors with bar association president Naveh to secure promotion to his current position. The latest target is Supreme Court Justice … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Powerful Israeli Lawyer Who Ran Bribery Ring and Sought Sexual Favors in Return for Judicial Promotions, Arrested
הפרשה שאסורה לפרסום בישראל: חשד שראש לשכת עורכי הדין אפי נוה הפעיל רשת של אנשים שדאגה לקדם שופטים ועורכי דין, תמורת שוחד או טובות הנאה חשיפה: השופטת החשודה שקודמה לתפקידה דרך מיטתו של אפי נוה היא אתי כרייף מבית משפט השלום בנתניה UPDATE: As if the rest of this story wasn't bad enough...Israeli media are now reporting (without naming Naveh) that he exchan … [Read more...]
