Ben Hartman
The Jerusalem Post
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My two homes: Israel and the US, feel like they’re in collapse. What now?
I’ve spent the last 17 years split between the United States and Israel — and for the first time, I’m not sure I want to be in either place. → Read More
What is a Mimouna and why are Israel's MKs wearing fezes?
This nostalgia persists despite the fact that out of a population of over 250,000 Jews in Morocco prior to the founding of Israel in 1948, only some 2,500 remain. → Read More
My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates.
An Austin-based writer's quest to learn his grandfather's story leads to death row — and a little-known series of experiments that involved giving hallucinogens to inmates in the early 1960s. → Read More
Police officer probed for potential use of excessive force against teen terrorist
Officer shot 16-year-old teen who had stabbed an old man outside Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market. → Read More
Settlers protest Shin Bet’s treatment of Jewish suspect in Duma attack
Rabbi Ohad Krakover: Grave acts can be carried out by law enforcement against ordinary citizens. → Read More
Police extend suspension of top officer at center of sexual harassment complaint
Police say Alsheich and Ritman agreed to the extension in order to give Justice Ministry investigators more time to finish probing the allegations against Ritman. → Read More
Ramat HaSharon man suspected of murdering wife a month after she submitted complaints against him
A Ramat HaSharon man is suspected of murdering his wife in their apartment on Wednesday morning, less than a month after she submitted a police complaint against him, fearing for her safety. Tel Aviv police said around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday they received a call from the son of the couple, who told them that his father had just called and told him that he had hurt his mother. When they arrived… → Read More
Police intelligence chief suspended due to disciplinary issues
To make matters more complicated, the officer in question is at the center of a sexual harassment complaint. → Read More
Netanya mob boss Rico Shirazi sentenced to eight years in prison
In addition to the financial crimes, Shirazi was sentenced for making threats against a former associate – a state witness who helped build the case against him. → Read More
Netanya mob boss Rico Shirazi sentenced to eight years in prison
A Tel Aviv district judge on Monday dealt a major blow to one of the most well known underworld figures in Israel, sentencing Netanya mob boss Aryeh “Rico” Shirazi to eight years in prison for money-laundering, fraud, threats, and tax crimes involving some NIS 25 million. Shirazi’s attorney, Shlomo Ben-Aryeh said “this was an unprecedented penalty that I believe is not in keeping with the crimes… → Read More
Rishon Letzion: English teacher abused elementary school students, police say
The teacher, a resident of Tel Aviv, has denied the allegations against him. → Read More
Afula: Masked men beat security guard, snatch his pistol at local elementary school
The assault was planned well in advance police said. → Read More
Netanya crime boss sentenced to 8 years in prison for money-laundering, tax crimes
The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday sentenced Netanya crime boss Rico Shirazi to eight years in prison for money-laundering, fraud, and tax crimes involving NIS 25 million. Shirazi is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court. The case was filed in 2011. Separately, Shirazi was indicted in July as part of the wider Case 512 along with Asaf Yariv, for paying a hit man $50,000 in 2003 to murder… → Read More
Organized crime hurts economy, inflates housing prices – Justice minister
One of the main ways organized crime affects housing and construction prices is through the use of “security companies” that extort exorbitant fees from contractors. → Read More
Tel Aviv stabbing attack terrorist remanded, police expected to bring indictment next week
Officer who questioned Raed Khalil said the terrorist expressed remorse for murdering two Jews in stabbing attack, expected to die and become a shahid. → Read More
Attorney: Lift gag order on ‘breakthrough’ in suspected Jewish terrorism case
"It’s a shame the public can’t know what’s going on." → Read More
Elderly Israeli man, female Brazilian accomplice indicted on cocaine trafficking charges
An elderly Israeli man and a Brazilian woman who allegedly conspired to ship millions of shekels of cocaine into Israel were indicted on charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy on Wednesday in Lod. The case went public early this month, when the Brazilian woman, Nascimento Alencar, was arrested after arriving from Sao Paolo at Ben-Gurion airport with 19 kilograms of Cocaine in two suitcases.… → Read More
Two arrested for assault on innocent Beduin man following Kiryat Gat stabbing attack
Both men were ordered kept in custody during remand extensions at the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. → Read More
Tel Aviv man arrested on suspicion of threatening Bayit Yehudi MK Magal on Facebook
A Tel Aviv man was arrested on Tuesday night "on suspicion of incitement and making threats on Facebook" against Bayit Yehudi MK Yinon Magal, police said. Magal on Wednesday stepped down from his position as Bayit Yehudi faction chairman following allegations that he sexually harassed employees before entering politics. Magal said that he will remain an MK. → Read More
Poll shows rising support for Cannabis decriminalization among Israeli college students
Vast majority of students support decriminalization of the drug. → Read More