Attorney met with jailed ‘Mossad agent’ two days before his death
Avigdor Feldman says Ben Zygier had been charged and told he faced a lengthy jail term, and would be ostracized by his family
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Lawyer who met Mossad spy two days earlier says he ‘absolutely’ wasn’t suicidal, but that he’d spent many harrowing months in solitary confinement
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Security official tells Israeli TV that Ben Zygier was offered plea bargain, but took his own life ‘out of shame’
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Appeals court cancels man’s 30-year sentence because state didn’t honor deal not to arrest him
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Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah given 11-month sentence for 2007 sermon promoting violence
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Avigdor Feldman says it is a 'scandal' that attorney general agreed to continue proceedings in PM's criminal cases while expert Liat Ben-Ari is on vacation
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Source close to PM says Liat Ben Ari's absence on family holiday is 'simply scandalous'; Justice Ministry says it is not damaging to process, but insiders acknowledge 'misjudgment'
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Chief justice says petitioners must make legal arguments about why Netanyahu-Gantz power-sharing deal should be struck down, but no ruling announced
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