Middle East

Aliza Lavie Last month saw a historic success in the fight against prostitution in Israel: the Knesset gave unanimous preliminary approval for a bill incriminating the clients of prostitution and providing rehabilitation services to survivors of prostitution. It was a bill I submitted along with colleagues from across party lines in the Knesset, which is

Under plea deal, servicemen will serve at least two years in prison, pay damages, be demoted to private By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier in military court (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90) An IDF serviceman pled guilty to raping a female soldier in his unit on Wednesday, a military official said. In May, Military

Army lauds actions of staff sergeant and his father, who intervened to end terror attack in which three people were killed By Judah Ari Gross Sgt. Ayin, who shot and injured a terrorist who killed three Israelis at the Halamish settlement on July 21 (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) A soldier who intervened during a terror attack

Protesters assault police, security as Liberman makes condolence visit to mourning family in Jerusalem neighborhood By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross Ultra-Orthodox protesters against the army draft gather in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman paid a condolence visit to a family in mourning in the area, August 8,

Molad seeking NIS 140,000 from PM’s son for calling it anti-Zionist and ‘humiliating it publicly’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair Netanyahu is seen at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on September 17, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) The left-wing Molad think tank filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Yair Netanyahu

TEL AVIV, Israel — It has all the hallmarks of a classic political scandal: a combative leader’s forceful denials, family members and intimates caught up in burgeoning but slow-moving investigations, prosecutors leaning on a tarnished former aide with tales to tell, arcane legal arguments over power and its limits. The setting is Israel, where Prime

Cairo (dpa) – Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera has vowed to take legal action against Israel after the Israeli government’s decision to close the TV network’s bureau in Jerusalem. “Al Jazeera denounces this decision made by a state that claims to be ‘the only democratic state in the Middle East’,” the broadcaster said in a statement