Judiciary
‘I was low-hanging fruit’: IDF reservist targeted by UK legal group sees case collapse in court
LEGAL AFFAIRS: A British-Israeli reservist shares how an attempted prosecution was meant to create a legal precedent against Britons serving in the IDF, but ended in humiliation for the petitioners.
High Court urges Knesset to hold third vote on state comptroller after filming scandal
Families of imprisoned Iranian protesters targeted in fraud scam, Iranian legal group claims
Israel's judiciary faces a legitimacy crisis of its own making - opinion
Knesset bill increases government control over judicial ombudsman appointment
How will the government’s proposal politicize the judicial watchdog appointment?
We should all compromise to protect Israel’s judiciary from political strife - opinion
The incoming president of the Supreme Court could raise the flag of compromise in the form of the victor’s outstretched hand and allow Levin’s candidate to be appointed to the court.
Yariv Levin requests delay of Supreme Court chief justice appointment over allegations
Israel has been without a chief justice since October 2023, when former chief justice Esther Hayut’s tenure ended.
US federal judge delegation explores Oct 7 challenge to Israeli legal system
The judges' trip included an exploration of International Humanitarian Law and the laws of war from the Israeli perspective.
Vogelman: Reform ruling part of constitutional process, need last Basic Law
Acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman called to permanently fill the top justice position.
Justice Minister Levin to convene judicial selection panel within 15 days
Without new judges being appointed, Israel was on track to be short more than 50 judges by the end of next month.
The judicial reform is a wholesale uprooting of the judiciary's power - opinion
This specific amendment is not a limitation placed upon the judiciary’s power of review over acts of the executive. It is indeed the uprooting of this power.
Israel's government attorney questions 'hasty' Declaration of Independence
Justice Yitzhak Amit said that democracy doesn’t usually die all at once, “democracy dies in small steps.”
Should Israel's High Court strike down or uphold judicial reform law?
Some 37% of the poll's respondents said that the High Court should dismiss the petitions as opposed to 34% who said it should strike down the law.
Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice
Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.
