Law

Australia passes toughest hate crime laws in country's history, despite significant opposition

The Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Act 2026 expands and strengthens Commonwealth criminal offences to address the spread of hatred and extremism.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.
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The new law that changes agreements in the real estate world

 Yonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Israeli court lifts restrictions on former Netanyahu aides in Bild leak scandal

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.

Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent


Knesset approves bill cancelling option to form 'rotation governments'

The law was passed after discussions that lasted several weeks and ended with agreements between the coalition and the opposition.

Prime Minister Benjamn Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the swearing in of the new government

UAE launches world's first AI legislative system to draft and amend laws

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: 'We will analyze vast data in the AI system to track the daily impact of laws and regularly propose law amendments.'

 UAE launches world's first AI legislative system to draft and amend laws.

Netanyahu plea bargain deal ‘welcomed’ amid societal split, Herzog tells 'Post'

The full interview will be published in the Post’s Independence Day edition on Wednesday. 

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his trial testimony hearing, April 28, 2025.

Israel's Knesset discusses leak enforcement, freedom of press in committee

Throughout the session, numerous MKs were expelled from the discussions for outbursts and calling Committee Chair Simcha Rothman a "bully."

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, last month. The attorney-general ‘hinders’ the prime minister from implementing policies as he wishes, the writer maintains.

Police raid law office without warrant, threaten staff, seize CCTV footage

The office staff told Walla that the police did not present a search warrant from a court, and thus, the staff claim, police acted unlawfully.

 Police raiding a law office in Tira without a warrant to seize CCTV footage that could contain evidence relating to a murder, April 13, 2025.

The tragedy of the firstborn: Inherent legal, societal burdens of the eldest child - explainer

The tragedy for the firstborn is that he is left with the anomalous status that puts on him sometimes vast societal and psychological expectations, but has equal legal status with the rest.

 ‘The Tenth Plague: Killing the Firstborn Son,’ from a collection by Joseph Mallord and William Turner.

If we don't take a stand, who will?

The Movement for Quality Government has been fighting corruption for 35 years. “This is a battle for Israel’s future as a democratic state ”says the movement’s founder, Eliad Shraga.

Eliad Shraga, Founder of The Movement for Quality Government

Court rules media lacked evidence in tax evasion report on Roman Abramovich

The ruling comes after Krone published an article earlier this year accusing Abramovich of orchestrating a complex offshore scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes.

 Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich arrives at the Western Wall for his son’s Bar Mitzvah, in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 20, 2022.

Knesset passes bill to form national authority to fight poverty

The law will come into effect in six months, and Welfare Minister Yaakov Margi (Shas) said he will begin staff work immediately in order for the directorate to be operational by then.

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Former model arrested in violent robbery dressed as Wolt delivery man

Ex-model with criminal past arrested after violent 200,000 shekel heist; claims he was "in the wrong place at the wrong time"

 Paul Pescal.