Berliner will replace ex-Supreme Court chief justice Miriam Naor, who died last week at the age of 74

Head of police operations division says commissioner responded to his warning ahead of deadly event by saying 'Don't worry, any commission of inquiry will be on me'

Justice minister says matter should be resolved by a government decision, not legislation, but finance minister says he will only weigh in once the state inquiry is complete

Ex-police commander Alkalai launches scathing attack on commissioner at state panel investigating crush that killed 45 people, sparking calls for his resignation

Nachman Ash says that while he recognized that checking participants for proof of vaccination would be difficult, he didn't expect police to allow tens of thousands into holy site

Eli Friend testifies before commission into Israel’s worst civilian disaster: 'I begged, but I was not even invited to a single meeting'

Northern District Police Commander Shimon Lavie and Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel, among six officials called to testify

'We won't let you take the site out of ultra-Orthodox hands,' demonstrators chant as representatives examine infrastructure in their probe of deadly crush

Matanyahu Englman says move will allow official inquiry to 'optimally and exclusively' investigate the deadly crush that killed 45 people in April

UTJ's Ya'akov Asher's proposal falls in a 59-55 vote; minister says government has not yet formulated its position on the issue