Itamar Ben-Gvir

Ben-Gvir asks High Court to clarify A-G’s role after interim ruling in police case

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accused Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara’s office of trying to broaden last week’s interim ruling in the ongoing case.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, following a lawsuit filed by Superintendent Ruti Hauslich accusing him, according to reports, of blocking her promotion in the police.
Israel Air Force fighter jets participate in a Remembrance Day flyover, April 2026.

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026.

Israeli court gives Ben-Gvir 10 days to explain why he blocked police officer's promotion

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026.

High Court stops short of ousting Ben-Gvir, limits his influence in police matters


Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet

For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.

Temple Mount

Israel's prison chief Kobi Yaakobi summoned for second hearing ahead of possible indictment

IPS Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi was summoned for a second hearing on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, and obstruction of investigations. A pre-indictment hearing is underway.

 Israel Prison Service chief Kobi Yaakobi attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2024.

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

Ben-Gvir seeks to delay court-ordered promotion of police officer, ahead of Supreme Court appeal

Ben Gvir asked the Jerusalem District Court to stay the court-ordered promotion of police officer Rinat Saban, arguing that the judgment is “exceptional and unprecedented."

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Police chief Daniel Levy, January 4, 2026; illustrative.

Ben-Gvir blocks promotion of senior police investigations officer, citing ‘grave misconduct'

The announcement comes one day after A-G Gali Baharav-Miara accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of political motivations in blocking Ruti Hauslich's promotion in the police.

Senior Israel Police officer Ruti Hauslich, addressing a Knesset panel.

Ben-Gvir ordered to promote police investigator linked to Netanyahu probes, court rules

The decision brings to a close months of legal hurdles, after Ben-Gvir refused to advance her rank along with her peers.

  Protesters outside the Tel Aviv District Court, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial hearing, present a representation of   Itamar Ben-Gvir with a sign that reads, 'A good Arab is a dead one,' and a representation of Netanyahu asking why Ben-Gvir should be fired.

A-G accuses Ben-Gvir of politically blocking promotion of senior police investigator

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of unlawfully intervening in police appointments and delaying a senior promotion for political reasons.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2026, after Superintendent Rinat Saban filed a lawsuit accusing him, according to reports, of blocking her promotion in the police.

Nationwide disruptions to intensify over Arab crime, Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh tells 'Post'

Protests against violent crime in the Arab sector will expand to include economic boycotts, MK Ayman Odeh told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

Hadash-Ta’al Party leader MK Ayman Odeh at a party meeting in the Knesset, February 2, 2026.

High Court orders Netanyahu to justify keeping Ben-Gvir as minister

At the heart of the matter are claims that Ben-Gvir violated a series of agreements laid out between him and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on the limits of his involvement in police conduct. 

 A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2025.

IDF officials warn ICJ genocide case poses greater risk than ICC

Military officials say the ICJ genocide case worries them more than the ICC, as Israel prepares a major response ahead of a March deadline.

 Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019