Outgoing judge compares rampant crime to a contagious disease, urges increased enforcement; was among judges who convicted former president Katsav of rape
Cooper might have escaped justice but for a Channel 2 program on March 25, 2010, about the murders, which caused a public uproar and led to a reopening of the investigation and an indictment.
The ruling overturned the acquittal of a Border Police officer who was indicted for fraud and breach of trust despite the warrant against him seeking to prove bribery, a more serious crime
Unruliness on domestic affairs spread from the United Arab List to the left to Benny Gantz's centrist party. Even tougher: expressing empathy for the Ukrainians without upsetting Syria's big-power patron Russia