The chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, heard from a fellow judge, Hila Gerstel, that Bibi crony, Nir Hefetz, had offered her a bribe. Gerstel approached Hayut after the bribery attempt (the former was offered the job of attorney general if she would drop charges against Sara Netanyahu) and neither one ever […]
Israeli Supreme Court Gags New Permissive Police Open Fire Regulations
The Israeli Palestinian legal-human rights NGO, Adalah, brought a case against the Israeli police for introducing new secret guidelines about opening fire on Palestinian protesters. Adalah brought a case before a regional court which ordered the police to reveal portions of the guidelines as a matter of public importance. The police appealed the ruling, but […]
Mossad’s Yossi Cohen Gets Away with Murder…Again
You’ve probably read the posts I wrote earlier this week about the Mossad assassination of Mohammed al-Zoari in Tunisia. Israeli politicians and journalists have strongly hinted at Mossad’s culpability. Tunisian authorities have been more forceful in blaming an Israeli assassination squad for the murder. This is at least the second such murder under Yossi Cohen’s […]
Israeli Knesset Bars Reporting Names of Soldiers Accused of Killing of Palestinians
The Israeli Knesset has passed a new law which will punish anyone who reveals the identity of any police or Border Police officer or IDF soldier accused of committing crimes against Palestinians. Named Azarya’s Law and championed by a Labor Party MK, it condones the crimes of an IDF soldier who murdered a wounded Palestinian in cold blood and […]