Police arrested six suspects and detained five for questioning on Tuesday on suspicion of drug trafficking and murder, including the murder of high-profile criminals Jordan Azoulay and Yitzhak Geffen.
Only days after Rabbi Rahamim Brachiyahu was appointed as Israel Police Chaplain, officials from the haredi community voiced their criticism. They claim that the appointment is an attempt to stifle haredi voices and belittle the influence that haredim have upon national bodies in the state.
Last Friday American Jewish businessman Ron Lauder was detained at Ben Gurion airport, immediately upon his arrival. Mr. Lauder had traveled to Israel in order to attend the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.
President of the World Jewish Congress and billionaire businessman Ron Lauder was stopped by the Israel Police on his way to the funeral of Shimon Peres and asked to give a statement regarding the Netanyahu family on Friday.
A young haredi man attempted to break into the home of Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman in Bnei Brak Saturday night, apparently in order to receive a blessing before the Rosh Hashanah holiday, which begins Sunday evening.
Traffic will be restricted and diverted throughout Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday to enable the funeral convoy and the entrance of foreign dignitaries.
Two 18-year-old Israeli men who are believed to have earned over $600,000 running a massive cybercrime operation were arrested Thursday, after the FBI alerted Israel Police of their activities.
The Israel Police have asked for the public’s help in locating a missing soldier, 23-year-old Amir Ka’abiye, a resident of the Bedouin town of Ka’abiye in the Galilee.
Vandals attacked the home of the Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Gat, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Wednesday night, resulting in the hospitalization of Rabbi Havlin’s wife.
Jerusalem police have arrested 14 suspects in connection to a car bomb on July 27, which went off on Keren Hayesod Street, in a residential neighborhood of Jerusalem.