Event Brief
Supreme Court expands journalistic privilege in Assenheim case
Filed: May 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM ET
Summary: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled police cannot demand all raw materials from a journalist’s interview.
WHO: Israel Supreme Court
WHAT: The Supreme Court accepted Omri Assenheim’s appeal, holding police requests for all raw interview materials were too sweeping and that journalistic privilege may extend beyond a source’s identity.
WHEN: May 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM ET
WHERE: Israel
WHY: Police sought all raw materials from Assenheim’s interview, which the court said amounted to an overly broad “fishing expedition.”
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