A senior Chief Rabbinate official was arrested by Israel Police on Sunday on suspicion he committed sexual assault on a minor some 13 years ago, Israeli media reported. The official, a former boss of the victim’s father, was arrested following a report filed by the victim. It was reported that the victim chose to file…
Shai Avital, the modeling agent who is suspected of committing multiple sexual offenses, is expected to be extradited to Israel on Tuesday, January 3, Israel Police announced on Sunday evening. The 45-year-old, who has been under investigation by the Israel Police since July 2021 for said sexual offenses, will be extradited from Amsterdam where he…
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, which manages assets worth $1.3 trillion in 70 countries and about 9,400 companies worldwide, may stop its investments in banks in Israel. Recently, the fund approached local banks with the aim of examining if and how they grant credit and loans to companies operating beyond the Green Line, based on…
Up until 2015, some of the NGOs managed by newly-elected Israeli lawmaker Yitzchak Goldknopf served as a kind of go-between for obtaining public funds. Two of those NGOs, the Association of Jerusalem Talmud Torahs and the Society of Talmud Torahs, recieved roughly 120 millions shekels a year (roughly $35 million) from the state to operate…
MK Galit Distel Atbaryan of the Likud levelled harsh criticism at former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and called on Israelis to help fund the legal expenses of Likud activist Igal Malka, who is facing a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Bennett. “There is a millionaire con man sitting in his fortress and financially abusing…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who faces eight counts of fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and illegal campaign contributions, invested in at least two Israeli startups, StarkWare and Solidus Labs, through his companies FTX Ventures and Alameda Research. StarkWare and Solidus received funding that, according to U.S. investigators, was attained by Bankman-Fried and…
An Israeli man accused of running a $150 million Ponzi scheme was extradited from Bosnia early Sunday to undergo trial, over what is believed to be the worst such scam ever carried out in the Jewish state, police and the Israel Securities Authority said. Michael Ben-Ari, also known as Michael Greenfeld, is an American-Israeli accused…
Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to advance annexation policies in the West Bank is part of his push for a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia the Israeli media reported over the weekend. The Hebrew daily Yediot Aharonot reported talks were underway between Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia with respect to a normalization…
Beny Steinmetz will forfeit NIS 17 million as part of a civil proceeding and the criminal cases will be closed. Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has reached an agreement with the Israel Tax Authority and the State Attorney in which the criminal case against him will be closed. The settlement follows an investigation by Israel Police’s…
A new video came to light on Sunday morning, showing the moment the garbage can which seriously injured a woman started to roll before catching fire during haredi (ultra-Orthodox) riots in Jerusalem. Mirel Dzalovsky, the 40-year-old woman who was injured during the riots by extremist protestors, is still in serious condition, unconscious and intubated after…