Justice ministry

Chief prosecutor warns police watchdog must remain independent as reform faces court challenge

Mahash is the body responsible for investigating suspected criminal offenses by the police, including cases involving alleged police violence, corruption, and abuse of authority, among other things.

Mahash, the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.
MK Yulia Malinovsky, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and MK Simcha Rothman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 10, 2026.

Knesset passes law placing internal police investigations under Justice Ministry's authority

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

NIS 200,000 allocated for laptops, school equipment for low-income children in northern Israel

SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.

Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year


Chief of Lahav 433 was 'illegally detained' for seven hours by Internal Affairs, says attorney

"The Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department chose to violate the law, to detain and then even unlawfully arrest Binyamin,” claimed Assistant-Chief Meni Binyamin's attorney.

THE ISRAEL POLICE conducts its high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the country’s ‘FBI,’ headquartered in this building in Lod.

Netanyahu will not step away from Israeli politics for plea deal, intends to run again

Sources close to President Herzog said that a decision on Netanyahu's pardon will take at least two months.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset as President Isaac Herzog looks on on November 30, 2025.

Presidential pardons in Israel: How do they work, and can Netanyahu receive one? - explainer

According to the President’s Office, pardons are considered only after a full evaluation by all relevant authorities.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

PM Netanyahu submits 'extraordinary' pardon request to President Herzog amid criminal trial

Officials stressed that President Isaac Herzog will consider the PM's request “responsibly and sincerely” once all legal materials are before him.

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at an event at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 1, 2025

Lahav 433 chief to return to post on Sunday despite ongoing investigation

The main suspicion at this stage is that Binyamin assisted an associate in a particularly sensitive investigation.

Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, head of Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit, pictured on April 20, 2025.

Israel detains US fugitive Mordechai Yom-Tov after two decades on the run

Yom-Tov had previously been convicted in the US of sexual offenses against minors and had previously served a prison sentence.

Mordechai Yom-Tov.

The truth of Oct. 7 cannot be whitewashed, and we cannot afford to let them try - editorial

Israel’s government faces fierce criticism after moving to create its own Oct 7 inquiry panel, raising concerns it aims to sidestep true accountability.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by fellow Likud members, Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in the Knesset.

Scandals in Israel’s military, politics, and judiciary raise the question: Are we sick? - opinion

Scandal has rocked the nation this week as corruption and nepotism reveal cracks in the system and further turmoil and division in Israeli society.

FAMILY AND friends of Col. Asaf Hamami during his funeral in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday, behind a flag bearing his likeness.

Police raid office of former IDF top lawyer as A-G transfers case to military prosecution

The events concern an ongoing probe into the leak of a video from the Sde Teiman detention facility in July that depicted alleged abuse of Palestinian detainees by reservist soldiers.

Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi speaks at the Israel Bar Association annual conference of attorneys in Eilat in southern Israel, on May 27, 2024.

A-G denounces Justice Ministry appointing replacement in overseeing chief IDF lawyer case

Baharav-Miara denounced Justice Minister Yariv Levin's appointment of retired justice Asher Kula to have oversight in the case.

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem