Jerusalem District Court

Jerusalem man charged over year-long contact with alleged foreign agent

The indictment alleges that the operative offered the suspect money to photograph Jewish residential neighborhoods and locations used by police and security forces.

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Israel Police patrol car [File]
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 29, 2026.

Netanyahu trial enters five-day-a-week schedule as defense case accelerates

Netanyahu’s corruption trial moved to a five-day weekly schedule as judges push through remaining testimony ahead of the presiding judge’s planned retirement.

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Protestors march in Jerusalem for missing girl Haymanot Kasau, with signs reading ‘Bring her home now’ 21st of December 2025

Parents of missing fight Jerusalem court's refusal of protest camp near PMO

The parents of Haymanot Kasau, who disappeared when she was nine in 2024, challenged the Jerusalem District Court's refusal to allow a month-long protest camp near the Prime Minister's Office.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prison guards of the Israel Prison Service seen at the Givon Prison in the city of Ramla, central Israel, January 11, 2026

Murder suspect's legal team files urgent court order following leaked prison video

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir defended the Prison Service’s treatment of Tsarafi in a statement responding to the public defender’s criticism.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Jerusalem Court acquits several defendants involved in 'hate wedding'

In total, 13 people were indicted on charges of incitement to violence and terrorism, five of whom were minors at the time. These defendants were the ones acquitted.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
View of the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on August 15, 2018.

Court: PLO must pay ship hijacking victims nearly NIS 1m.

The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday ruled that the Palestine Liberation Organization must pay nearly NIS one million to the estates of two Israeli victims of a 1985 ship hijacking.

JULY 26, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
EU representatives aboard an Israeli Navy ship.

Court: Prosecution didn’t give Netanyahu all needed documents

‘There have been errors’; ‘Texts to other politicians not checked’

JUNE 8, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu corruption trial

J'lem Municipality employee blackmailed for years over sexual orientation

Three suspects from Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim allegedly began blackmailing the victim over two years ago and extorted more than NIS 2 million from him.

MAY 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jerusalem municipality

Netanyahu trial moved to February 8 due to coronavirus lockdown

The hearing had originally been scheduled for January 13.

JANUARY 11, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a face mask, stands inside the courtroom at the Jerusalem District Court as his trial opens on May 24.

Netanyahu trial postponed by coronavirus lockdown

The order could potentially push the calling of witnesses to right before or right after election day.

JANUARY 9, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JEREMY SHARON
‘A PERSON’S trust in a fair trial is similar’: Opening the trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24

Netanyahu trial: Court hearing PM’s motion to dismiss corruption charges

The state prosecution on Thursday night requested that the court reject the defendants’ motions.

DECEMBER 6, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Lawyers Boaz Ben Zur and Amit Hadad arrive to the District Court in Jerusalem for a court hearing as part of the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on December 1, 2020.

Judges express skepticism over Leifer’s Supreme Court extradition appeal

The judges expressed skepticism on several occasions to the claims by Leifer’s defense attorneys.

DECEMBER 3, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Court ruling shows easier path for young Arabs to gain Israeli citizenship

Population Authority compelled to publish rules for applicants aged 18-21

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByJOSHUA SHUMAN/THE MEDIA LINE
District Court of Jerusalem

NGO to High Court: Here is how AG flopped letting PM off in Stock Affair

NOVEMBER 21, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli workers hang a large billboard with a picture Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of a protest of business owners against the Coronavirus Restrictions, November 12, 2020.