Prison sentence

'I killed a person': TLV court sentences Solomon Madmon to life for murder of family member

Madmon was convicted of fatally shooting his daughter-in-law's father, Yosef Yosefia, six times in a Ramat Gan apartment building after a dispute over his son’s separation from Yosefia’s daughter.

Solomon Madmon.
Barkat Abu Issa, accused of of breaking into an apartment and raping a woman in Gedera, arrives for a court hearing at the court in Lod, on February 23, 2023.

Gedera rapist sentenced to 21 years for home invasion attack on mother

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive before US President Donald Trump to attend UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Miami, US, April 11, 2026.

Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses

Family members of Maya Vishniak, who was murdered by her partner last month in Ramat Gan, seen at the courtroom of the Tel Aviv District Court on June 28, 2020.

Maya Vishniak's killer sentenced to 25 years in prison after plea deal


Malaysian citizen jailed for insulting Islam on social media

The sentence is believed to be the harshest such penalty on record in the Muslim-majority country, where concerns over racial and religious tensions have grown in recent months.

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 November 2018

Disgraced former Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger set for early release from prison

Metzger started serving his sentence in May 2017 following a plea bargain with the state prosecution.

Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger leaves a Jerusalem court last March

Palestinian minor who killed Israeli in supermarket gets 35 years prison

Sgt.Tuvia Yania Weissman was stabbed to death in February 2016 at the Rami Levi supermarket

IDF Sgt. Tuvia Yanai Weissman (R), his wife, and baby

U.N.-Cambodia convicts two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders of genocide

Nuon Chea, 92, and former President Khieu Samphan, 87, were guilty of genocide against the Cham Muslim minority and Vietnamese people, and of various crimes against humanity.

Cambodia protests 521

High court keeps pressure on state to release prisoners, make cells larger

The decision will place intense pressure on the entire police force and the prison system so that cell space will become compliant with international standards.

INMATES WALK through the Hermon Prison in northern Israel last week.

7 alleged Mossad spies sentenced in Algerian court

One man was sentenced to death, while six others were sentenced to ten years in prison.

Spy wars

IDF Parole Board orders early release of Hebron shooter Elor Azaria

Azaria entered jail on August 9, after being convicted of manslaughter for shooting Palestinian attacker Abdel Fatah al-Sharif on March 24, 2016.

Elor Azaria wearing a shirt with the Star of David as he enters prison in August, 2017

5 times Israeli politicians said ‘there’s nothing to it’ and ended in jail

Israelis have long complained that drawn-out investigations, often leaked to the media, have undercut politicians and their right to due process.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to give a speech in Tel Aviv, Israel February 14, 2018

Iran says U.S. jailing of consultant part of 'psychological warfare'

"This verdict was politically motivated as the Americans are constantly engaging in psychological warfare against Iran."

Ahmad Sheikhzadeh (C), a consultant to the Iranian mission to the United Nation, leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York.

American teen gets suspended sentence for vandalizing Auschwitz barracks

The judge at a court in the town of Oswiecim said he was surprised that a yeshiva student would desecrate the site.

The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017.