As an Israeli and as far as I know you are not permitted recording the other without his consent and the court will not recognized this recording as an admissible evidence in the trial.
In Israel you have to convince a judge that the recording is essential and justified to be granted the permission (see Mizrahi case for example).

All the above is as far as I know.

I would be glad to read a response from other readers that are prominent with our laws and regulations (lawyers, Judges) to clarify this issue.

On my return back in a few weeks time I will investigate this point to the root.

If I am wrong then we are in a state of a chaos. It means that we have yet to learn much from the gentiles what true democracy is.

It seems that we have not yet secured fully the privacy and human rights in our country and that is alarming.

Again, if you are correct then I hope that some Israeli lawmakers are reading these postings and taking notes.