Anyone who has read the court transcripts understands that no power can save Benjamin Netanyahu from conviction on at least some of the charges. But the pardon request submitted to President Herzog contains no hint of this, and appears to be the most brazen request ever submitted

After Serbia's government rushed through a controversial law, the capital's General Staff Building, partially destroyed during the Kosovo War, is to be demolished to make way for Trump Tower Belgrade. For the country's student-led protest movement, it's another example of the government's lack of accountability or transparency

Since October 7, defense spending has jumped by tens of billions of shekels a year and Israel's reputation has suffered overseas. The economy will feel these effects for years to come, even if we are far from the 'lost decade' after the Yom Kippur War

Students claim the rules attack freedom of speech, while the University says it is just enforcing existing rules that require police permits for events and restrict participation to those affiliated with the University

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit canceled Monday's hearing on petitions against the government's dismissal of the attorney general due to the absence of a government representative

Despite shelving a September vote, UEFA continued meeting with pro-Palestinian activists to collect human-rights testimony that could influence future decisions, even after a Gaza cease-fire, as more than 70 athletes call to suspend Israel over 'crimes against humanity'

Some of the 160 delegates from Germany tell Haaretz that the the five-day, all-expenses-paid trip lacked critical narratives. 'The messages of the delegation was very nationalist ... there were no perspective for diplomacy or peacebuilding,' reports one participant

Though Herzog insists he has set no conditions, political sources say he is expected to seek significant commitments if a pardon advances – including an Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry, halting the judicial overhaul and blocking the government's proposed media bill