Immunity

High Court appears poised to strike down law freezing haredi draft enforcement

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Friday asked the court to strike down the law, arguing that it retains the duty to enlist while removing the consequences for refusal.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.
US President Donald Trump holds a gavel during a signing ceremony at the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026.

Leaked draft reveals Trump's Gaza Board of Peace seeks total legal immunity, free property - report

The immunities, extending to all BoP members, include "any arrest, detention or legal proceedings in the courts or other entities in Gaza."

|ByAARON GLICK
MK Tally Gotliv and and MK Ofir Katz attend a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

Turning Knesset into a ‘sanctuary city’ for lawbreakers will bury its ability to function - opinion

With all due respect to political considerations, the coalition, with the ruling party at its helm, must come to its senses. It must put the public interest first.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
The Knesset’s House Committee voting in favor on Monday of granting Likud MK Tally Gotliv immunity.

Knesset panel approves immunity for Tally Gotliv in Shin Bet identity disclosure case

Eleven lawmakers voted in favor, while three voted against after three days of discussions on the matter that spanned from the early morning into the afternoon.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Could Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews have herd immunity?

“That’s the feeling, that they’ve had it, everybody they know has had it, and the people they know who haven’t had it have some kind of immunity that we just don’t understand yet.”

JULY 8, 2020BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
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Here are the most common symptoms of the novel coronavirus

JULY 8, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A man walks past a poster covering the side of a building ahead of a 21 day lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cape Town, South Africa, March 26, 2020.

Monkeys develop short-term immunity to coronavirus, Chinese study finds

The experiment took place at the Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and used rhesus macaques as test subjects, as they are relatively similar to humans.

JULY 5, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MONKEY BUSINESS in the Amazon rainforest.

Coronavirus: Antibodies don't indicate immunity

“Antibodies don’t mean you have immunity. [A test] doesn’t say if you have enough of the right number of antibodies or how long they live."

JUNE 11, 2020ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
TESTING FOR coronavirus at a Leumit Health Fund lab in Or Yehuda.

Bnei Brak could be Israel’s first ‘herd immunity’ model

Recent criticism of Bnei Brak for high infection numbers might actually come to their benefit, as they will be the first to develop "herd immunity"

APRIL 5, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Israeli police officers take out ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, as part of an effort to enforce lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, April 2, 2020.

Bad legislation: Avoiding criminal prosecution may not help Netanyahu

Netanyahu was indicted in January, and his trial is scheduled to begin March 17.

FEBRUARY 29, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu vows not to pass immunity legislation if reelected

Yamina split over immunity.

FEBRUARY 26, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, JEREMY SHARON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Netanyahu vows not to pass immunity legislation if reelected PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Monday morning that he would not advance the so-called French Law.

FEBRUARY 24, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Knesset votes to grant Likud MK immunity

Vote passes 62-43 with two abstentions, Netanyahu among MKs in favor

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud MK Haim Katz