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Israeli Courts Tackle Protest Accidents and Terrorism Sentences

1/8/2026

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The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extended detention of bus driver Fakhri Khatib until January 15 after the accident involving Yosef Eisenthal during a haredi draft protest.
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two Hebron residents to 28 years for a terrorist car-ramming attack in April 2024 that injured four.
MK Zvi Sukkot plans to remove Haaretz texts from high school exams, calling paper anti-Zionist; MK Naama Lazimi addresses censorship in the Knesset.

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The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extended detention of bus driver Fakhri Khatib until January 15 after the accident involving Yosef Eisenthal during a haredi draft protest.
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two Hebron residents to 28 years for a terrorist car-ramming attack in April 2024 that injured four.
MK Zvi Sukkot plans to remove Haaretz texts from high school exams, calling paper anti-Zionist; MK Naama Lazimi addresses censorship in the Knesset.