Shomrim Archive

Victims Reported Organized Child Sexual Abuse. Israeli Police Struggled to Investigate It

Victims Reported Organized Child Sexual Abuse. Israeli Police Struggled to Investigate It

Haim Rivlin

Court Rejects Shimon Sabag’s Request to Seal Lawsuit Against Shomrim

Court Rejects Shimon Sabag’s Request to Seal Lawsuit Against Shomrim

Shomrim

Born in Jerusalem, but Not Recognized as Residents: The Children Caught in Israel's Bureaucratic Maze

Born in Jerusalem, but Not Recognized as Residents: The Children Caught in Israel's Bureaucratic Maze

Rahma Ali, Wasla

Israel's Diaspora Ministry Awards $46 Million Anti-Antisemitism Contract to a Nonprofit With No Track Record

Israel's Diaspora Ministry Awards $46 Million Anti-Antisemitism Contract to a Nonprofit With No Track Record

Uri Blau

Can the Ultra-Orthodox Political Establishment Be Challenged? A New Generation Is Trying

Can the Ultra-Orthodox Political Establishment Be Challenged? A New Generation Is Trying

Lir Spiriton

Over a Decade Late Israel Launches National Pilot to Reintroduce Magnesium to Drinking Water, Funded by Private Money

Over a Decade Late Israel Launches National Pilot to Reintroduce Magnesium to Drinking Water, Funded by Private Money

Haim Rivlin

Palestinian Workers Describe Low Pay, Dangerous Conditions and Little Oversight in West Bank Settlements

Palestinian Workers Describe Low Pay, Dangerous Conditions and Little Oversight in West Bank Settlements

Majd Daniel, Wasla

IDF Cuts Ties With Private Nonprofit That Operated an ATV Unit, Following Shomrim Investigation

IDF Cuts Ties With Private Nonprofit That Operated an ATV Unit, Following Shomrim Investigation

Roni Singer

Ruling Coalition Is Trying to Eliminate Polling Places for Thousands of Elderly Voters

Ruling Coalition Is Trying to Eliminate Polling Places for Thousands of Elderly Voters

Daniel Dolev

The Quiet Wave of Arab Emigration: ‘In Israel, Every Day Felt Like I Was on Trial to Prove I Was a Good Citizen’

The Quiet Wave of Arab Emigration: ‘In Israel, Every Day Felt Like I Was on Trial to Prove I Was a Good Citizen’

Rahma Ali, Wasla

Fearing Voter Defections, Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Parties Turn on Their Coalition Allies

Fearing Voter Defections, Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Parties Turn on Their Coalition Allies

Lir Spiriton

How a Private Nonprofit is Operating as an Israeli Military Unit

How a Private Nonprofit is Operating as an Israeli Military Unit

Roni Singer

Violence, Water Seizures and Ignoring the Law: How Settlers Are Driving Herders From the Jordan Valley

Violence, Water Seizures and Ignoring the Law: How Settlers Are Driving Herders From the Jordan Valley

Daniel Dolev

Exclusive: Israel and Jerusalem Churches Quietly Negotiate a Deal Over Long-Disputed Property Taxes

Exclusive: Israel and Jerusalem Churches Quietly Negotiate a Deal Over Long-Disputed Property Taxes

Uri Blau

Selling Judaism to the TikTok Generation: Influencers Instead of Rabbis

Selling Judaism to the TikTok Generation: Influencers Instead of Rabbis

Lir Spiriton

Thousands of Arab Doctors Left Out in the Cold as Israel’s Residency Crisis Worsens

Thousands of Arab Doctors Left Out in the Cold as Israel’s Residency Crisis Worsens

Yahya Amal Jabareen and Nabil Armali, Wasla

From Gaza to the West Bank, a New Spirit of Destruction

From Gaza to the West Bank, a New Spirit of Destruction

Daniel Dolev

Leaked Kremlin Files Reveal Russian Plot to Spread Chaos Across Europe and Israel

Leaked Kremlin Files Reveal Russian Plot to Spread Chaos Across Europe and Israel

Uri Blau

Breaking the Silence Around Ritual Abuse

Breaking the Silence Around Ritual Abuse

Haim Rivlin

‘No Man Does This by Choice’: Inside Israel’s Hidden World of Male Prostitution

‘No Man Does This by Choice’: Inside Israel’s Hidden World of Male Prostitution

Daniel Dolev

Northern Schools Struggle to Return to Routine Without Bomb Shelters

Northern Schools Struggle to Return to Routine Without Bomb Shelters

Shuki Sadeh

Knesset Panel After Shomrim Investigation

Knesset Panel After Shomrim Investigation

Shuki Sadeh

The Haredim’s New, Liberal Friend: How AI Penetrated to the Heart of Israel’s Most Insular Communities

The Haredim’s New, Liberal Friend: How AI Penetrated to the Heart of Israel’s Most Insular Communities

Lir Spiriton

More Religious Israeli Women Are Enlisting

More Religious Israeli Women Are Enlisting

Shuki Sadeh

After Shomrim Investigation, Privacy Authority Clarifies: Local Governments Cannot Use LPR Cameras Without Explicit Legal Authorization

After Shomrim Investigation, Privacy Authority Clarifies: Local Governments Cannot Use LPR Cameras Without Explicit Legal Authorization

Rachely Edri-Hulata

Racism Runs Rampant in Haredi Society

Racism Runs Rampant in Haredi Society

Lir Spiriton

A Russian Shadow Fleet, Stolen Wheat in Haifa and Ukrainian Accusations

A Russian Shadow Fleet, Stolen Wheat in Haifa and Ukrainian Accusations

Shuki Sadeh

No Tourists, No Income: The Collapse of Livelihoods in Jerusalem’s Old City

No Tourists, No Income: The Collapse of Livelihoods in Jerusalem’s Old City

Rahma Ali, Wasla

The 12-Day-War Evacuees: ‘The State Doesn’t Give a Damn About Me. I Have Received Zero Compensation’

The 12-Day-War Evacuees: ‘The State Doesn’t Give a Damn About Me. I Have Received Zero Compensation’

Shuki Sadeh

No Leaders, No Solutions: How Ultra-Orthodox Society Found Itself at an Impasse

No Leaders, No Solutions: How Ultra-Orthodox Society Found Itself at an Impasse

Lir Spiriton

The Risks and Challenges of Being Hospitalized

The Risks and Challenges of Being Hospitalized

Chen Shalita

Purple Alert: I’m Sad When I See My Neighbors Going Down into the Bomb Shelter and I Have to Wait in the Stairwell. I Want Protection, Too

Purple Alert: I’m Sad When I See My Neighbors Going Down into the Bomb Shelter and I Have to Wait in the Stairwell. I Want Protection, Too

Haim Rivlin

The War Routine: How Israelis Normalize the Abnormal

The War Routine: How Israelis Normalize the Abnormal

Chen Shalita

"There’s Been an Increase in Disorders and Suicidal Ideation"

"There’s Been an Increase in Disorders and Suicidal Ideation"

Yael Shani

“We Don’t Know What to Do When We Hear a Siren. We Don’t Have Anywhere to Go”

“We Don’t Know What to Do When We Hear a Siren. We Don’t Have Anywhere to Go”

Rahma Ali, Wasla

Shelter Failure: Just Five Public Bomb Shelters for 80,000 Residents

Shelter Failure: Just Five Public Bomb Shelters for 80,000 Residents

Shuki Sadeh

Nothing Spontaneous About It: The Hidden Hands Behind America's Anti-War Protests

Nothing Spontaneous About It: The Hidden Hands Behind America's Anti-War Protests

Uri Blau

Closed Shelters Under Fire: Thousands at Risk as Israel’s Densest City Keeps Public Shelters Shut

Closed Shelters Under Fire: Thousands at Risk as Israel’s Densest City Keeps Public Shelters Shut

Lir Spiriton

The Caregiver’s Dilemma: What to Do When Your Patients Cannot or Will Not Move Into a Bomb Shelter

The Caregiver’s Dilemma: What to Do When Your Patients Cannot or Will Not Move Into a Bomb Shelter

Chen Shalita

The Heavy Mental Toll: One in Two October 7 Fighters Is at Risk of Experiencing “Moral Injury”

The Heavy Mental Toll: One in Two October 7 Fighters Is at Risk of Experiencing “Moral Injury”

Haim Rivlin

Ignoring Court Order and Privacy Concerns, Tel Aviv Uses ‘Smart’ Cameras to Issue Hundreds of Thousands of Parking Fines

Ignoring Court Order and Privacy Concerns, Tel Aviv Uses ‘Smart’ Cameras to Issue Hundreds of Thousands of Parking Fines

Rachely Edri-Hulata

Structural Danger: The Growing Infrastructure Crisis in Beit Shemesh Schools and Kindergartens

Structural Danger: The Growing Infrastructure Crisis in Beit Shemesh Schools and Kindergartens

Daniel Dolev

How Religious Groups Commandeered Government Funds for Israel’s Battered North

How Religious Groups Commandeered Government Funds for Israel’s Battered North

Keren Cohen Kivelä

Revealed: Police Operating 6,600 Cameras in Public Spaces Nationwide

Revealed: Police Operating 6,600 Cameras in Public Spaces Nationwide

Uri Blau

How a Rapidly Changing Haredi Media Landscape Is Challenging Rabbis and Politicians Alike

How a Rapidly Changing Haredi Media Landscape Is Challenging Rabbis and Politicians Alike

Lir Spiriton

Israeli Court Rules Against Use of ‘Smart Cameras’ to Enforce Parking Violations

Israeli Court Rules Against Use of ‘Smart Cameras’ to Enforce Parking Violations

Rachely Edri-Hulata

“If You Come Back - We’ll Kill You”: Settler Violence Crosses Over Into Palestinian-Controlled Parts of the West Bank

“If You Come Back - We’ll Kill You”: Settler Violence Crosses Over Into Palestinian-Controlled Parts of the West Bank

Daniel Dolev

Exclusive: At Least 12 Israelis Who Fought in Ukraine Are Missing or Being Held by Russia

Exclusive: At Least 12 Israelis Who Fought in Ukraine Are Missing or Being Held by Russia

Milan Czerny

Haredi Leadership to Dropout Yeshivas: You Must Meet the IDF Quota

Haredi Leadership to Dropout Yeshivas: You Must Meet the IDF Quota

Lir Spiriton

“They Haven’t Suddenly Become Zionists - They’re Here for the Money and the Jobs”

“They Haven’t Suddenly Become Zionists - They’re Here for the Money and the Jobs”

Shuki Sadeh

Most Advertising Agencies Declined to Run Israeli Campaigns in Times Square

Most Advertising Agencies Declined to Run Israeli Campaigns in Times Square

Uri Blau

Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Street Is Fuming as Leaders Stoke a Victimhood Narrative

Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Street Is Fuming as Leaders Stoke a Victimhood Narrative

Lir Spiriton

Pillaging the Five-Year Plan: Ministers Seek to Divert Funding from Arab Society to the Police and Shin Bet

Pillaging the Five-Year Plan: Ministers Seek to Divert Funding from Arab Society to the Police and Shin Bet

Haim Rivlin

A Multimillion-dollar Tax Bonanza: How Hamas Took Back Economic Control of the Gaza Strip

A Multimillion-dollar Tax Bonanza: How Hamas Took Back Economic Control of the Gaza Strip

Uri Blau

Unmasking the ‘Coin Laundry’: The Global Crypto-Laundering Network Linking Hamas, Iran and Drug Cartels

Unmasking the ‘Coin Laundry’: The Global Crypto-Laundering Network Linking Hamas, Iran and Drug Cartels

Uri Blau

How Netanyahu’s Government Is Rewriting the Memory of October 7

How Netanyahu’s Government Is Rewriting the Memory of October 7

Shuki Sadeh

After the Budget Axe: What Funding Cuts Mean for Israel’s Yeshivas

After the Budget Axe: What Funding Cuts Mean for Israel’s Yeshivas

Lir Spiriton

Exclusive: The United States Plans to Establish a Large Military Base on the Gaza Border

Exclusive: The United States Plans to Establish a Large Military Base on the Gaza Border

Uri Blau

Bury October 7 and Blame the Kaplan Protestors: How the Israeli Right Plans to Win the Next Election

Bury October 7 and Blame the Kaplan Protestors: How the Israeli Right Plans to Win the Next Election

Chen Shalita

Ministry of National Security Withheld Funding – and a Drug Harm Reduction Program Could Be Closed

Ministry of National Security Withheld Funding – and a Drug Harm Reduction Program Could Be Closed

Daniel Dolev

Unlicensed Physicians: How Profit Became the Bottom Line for Healthcare in East Jerusalem – At Patients’ Expense

Unlicensed Physicians: How Profit Became the Bottom Line for Healthcare in East Jerusalem – At Patients’ Expense

Daniel Dolev

How Ben-Gvir Derailed Israel’s Flagship Program Combating Violence in the Arab-Sector

How Ben-Gvir Derailed Israel’s Flagship Program Combating Violence in the Arab-Sector

Shuki Sadeh

IHH, a Turkish Organization Now Operating Heavy Machinery in Gaza, Was Banned in Israel as Early as 2008 for Its Ties to Hamas

IHH, a Turkish Organization Now Operating Heavy Machinery in Gaza, Was Banned in Israel as Early as 2008 for Its Ties to Hamas

Milan Czerny

Shall I Show You Photos, Too? How AI Chatbots Are Offering Sensitive Leaked Data

Shall I Show You Photos, Too? How AI Chatbots Are Offering Sensitive Leaked Data

Milan Czerny

Chained to a Bed for Three Days

Chained to a Bed for Three Days

Roni Singer

Israel Seeks to Confiscate Vessels Without Paying a Fortune

Israel Seeks to Confiscate Vessels Without Paying a Fortune

Uri Blau

Nova Survivors’ Struggles to Get Their Lives Back on Track

Nova Survivors’ Struggles to Get Their Lives Back on Track

Yael Shani

When Secularism Became Taboo

When Secularism Became Taboo

Chen Shalita

'We Feel Like the Ministers Are Working Against Us’

'We Feel Like the Ministers Are Working Against Us’

Haim Rivlin

Samir Hulileh, Tapped to Govern Gaza in Post-War Plan Revealed by Shomrim, Arrested in Ramallah

Samir Hulileh, Tapped to Govern Gaza in Post-War Plan Revealed by Shomrim, Arrested in Ramallah

Uri Blau

Israel Facing Unprecedented Wave of PTSD Diagnoses

Israel Facing Unprecedented Wave of PTSD Diagnoses

Haim Rivlin

Crisis in Israel’s Social Services: Overloaded, Understaffed, and Burning Out

Crisis in Israel’s Social Services: Overloaded, Understaffed, and Burning Out

Shuki Sadeh

The Disappearance of Israel’s National Security Council

The Disappearance of Israel’s National Security Council

Shuki Sadeh

Exclusive: UN Publishes Tender for Tens of Thousands of Prefabricated Temporary Units for Gaza

Exclusive: UN Publishes Tender for Tens of Thousands of Prefabricated Temporary Units for Gaza

Milan Czerny

Exclusive: International Rights Groups Readying Legal Cases Against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Exclusive: International Rights Groups Readying Legal Cases Against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Milan Czerny

Exposé: The Palestinian Tycoon Being Touted as Gaza’s Post-War Governor

Exposé: The Palestinian Tycoon Being Touted as Gaza’s Post-War Governor

Uri Blau

Dockworkers across Europe Work Together to Halt Israeli Arms Shipments

Dockworkers across Europe Work Together to Halt Israeli Arms Shipments

Milan Czerny

Despite Change in Israeli Aid Policy, Doctors in Gaza Say Humanitarian Situation Still ‘Catastrophic’

Despite Change in Israeli Aid Policy, Doctors in Gaza Say Humanitarian Situation Still ‘Catastrophic’

Daniel Dolev

Qatar Hires Former U.S. Education Secretary as Latest Lobbyist in Washington

Qatar Hires Former U.S. Education Secretary as Latest Lobbyist in Washington

Uri Blau

Ministry of Education to Fund Channel 14 Conference with 250,000 Shekels for ‘Jewish Identity’ Initiatives

Ministry of Education to Fund Channel 14 Conference with 250,000 Shekels for ‘Jewish Identity’ Initiatives

Uri Blau

How Women are Smuggled to Israel for Prostitution

How Women are Smuggled to Israel for Prostitution

Milan Czerny

Funding Crisis Forces Kohelet to Cut Salaries, Research, and Support for Other Groups

Funding Crisis Forces Kohelet to Cut Salaries, Research, and Support for Other Groups

Shuki Sadeh

While Ultra-Orthodox Draft Crisis Grips Israel, The Ultra-Orthodox Street Remains Indifferent

While Ultra-Orthodox Draft Crisis Grips Israel, The Ultra-Orthodox Street Remains Indifferent

Lir Spiriton

How the Settlement Movement Lost Control Over the Hilltop Youth: ‘They Respect No Authority – Not Rabbinical and Not Educational’

How the Settlement Movement Lost Control Over the Hilltop Youth: ‘They Respect No Authority – Not Rabbinical and Not Educational’

Chen Shalita

‘Getting Married Was the Worst Decision of My Life’: Arab Society is Worried by the Rising Divorce Rate

‘Getting Married Was the Worst Decision of My Life’: Arab Society is Worried by the Rising Divorce Rate

Fadi Amun

Revealed: Haredi Education Networks Siphoned $75.5 Million from Teachers’ Pay

Revealed: Haredi Education Networks Siphoned $75.5 Million from Teachers’ Pay

Lir Spiriton

The Gaza Effect: Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Organizations Raise Millions of Dollars In Donations

The Gaza Effect: Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Organizations Raise Millions of Dollars In Donations

Uri Blau

Crashing in the Periphery: Overflowing Hospital Wards with One Resident Who’s Half-Babysitter

Crashing in the Periphery: Overflowing Hospital Wards with One Resident Who’s Half-Babysitter

Haim Rivlin

The Man Behind Security for the Gaza Humanitarian Aid Project

The Man Behind Security for the Gaza Humanitarian Aid Project

Uri Blau

Inside the ‘Spy Wing’ for Israelis Suspected of Spying for Iran

Inside the ‘Spy Wing’ for Israelis Suspected of Spying for Iran

Roni Singer

Do Not Forsake Me: The Elderly Left Behind in Wartime

Do Not Forsake Me: The Elderly Left Behind in Wartime

Lir Spiriton

The Cost of Wartime Travel to and from Israel: 6,000 Shekels by Boat, $4,000 on a Private Jet

The Cost of Wartime Travel to and from Israel: 6,000 Shekels by Boat, $4,000 on a Private Jet

Milan Czerny

With Shipments Stuck Overseas, Israel’s Life-Saving Biotech Industry Could Lose Millions

With Shipments Stuck Overseas, Israel’s Life-Saving Biotech Industry Could Lose Millions

Haim Rivlin

The Ayatollahs' Regime's Strangling of the Iranian People: Record Number of Executions

The Ayatollahs' Regime's Strangling of the Iranian People: Record Number of Executions

Miki Levy

A Semi-Buried Minibus or Sewage Pipes: Dozens of Israeli Bedouin Have No Access to Bomb Shelters

A Semi-Buried Minibus or Sewage Pipes: Dozens of Israeli Bedouin Have No Access to Bomb Shelters

Fadi Amun

Missile‑Proofing Miss: Thousands of Israeli Buildings Still Vulnerable

Missile‑Proofing Miss: Thousands of Israeli Buildings Still Vulnerable

Shuki Sadeh

Losing Faith, Seeking Power: Arab Society Prepares for the Next Election

Losing Faith, Seeking Power: Arab Society Prepares for the Next Election

Chen Shalita

Nowhere to Run: LGBTQ Palestinians Struggle to Survive and Israel Closes the Door

Nowhere to Run: LGBTQ Palestinians Struggle to Survive and Israel Closes the Door

Fadi Amun

The Other Battlefield: Surge in Opioid Use Among Wounded Gaza Soldiers

The Other Battlefield: Surge in Opioid Use Among Wounded Gaza Soldiers

Daniel Dolev

Revealed: New Details Emerge About the U.S. Security Firm Tasked With Overseeing Gaza Aid Distribution

Revealed: New Details Emerge About the U.S. Security Firm Tasked With Overseeing Gaza Aid Distribution

Uri Blau and Milan Czerny