Simcha Rothman

WATCH: Eretz Nehederet portrays Quentin Tarantino heading for shelter, other tales of resilience

Tarantino, the Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction director living in Israel with his wife Daniella Pick and their children, was portrayed in the opening skit showing how people head to shelters.

Quentin Tarantino delivers a speech to open the festival during the opening ceremony and the screening the film "Partir un jour" (Leave One Day) Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 13, 2025.
 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Israel creating chance to topple Iranian regime, war could reshape Western world - interview

An Israeli couple walks towards the Arrivals gate in the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2016

Knesset approves bill preventing double taxation for US olim, exempting National Insurance payments

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.

Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent


The unaccountable few: How Israel’s justice system undermines democracy - opinion

According to polls, even among the supporters of the opposition parties, 80% think the Israeli judicial system is in need of reform. We should make Israel a democracy again.

 Israelis are seen protesting judicial reform, in Tel Aviv.

Coalition resumes legislation of controversial judicial watchdog bill

The original bill proposal was that the power to elect the watchdog would shift from the judicial selection committee to the Knesset.

 THE HIGH COURT of Justice holds a session. In the past, the court ruled that women cannot be forced to take a specific seat on a bus, the writer notes.

WATCH: Israelis welcome home Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher

Israel welcomes home Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher.

 Israelis react to released hostages returning to Israel from Hamas captivity, January 19, 2025.

MK Rothman walks out of committee meeting as 'October Council' calls for accountability

Rothman cuts Knesset meeting short as October 7 victims' families demand a national inquiry into government failures.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman seen at a Knesset committee, December 16, 2024

'Rectifies the moral wrong': Knesset passes law deducting Hamas terrorist legal fees from PA funds

The legislation passed its second and third readings with 26 MKs voting in favor and four against.

 MK Simcha Rothman, December 9, 2024.

Rothman proposes bill to change all mentions of ‘West Bank’ in Israeli Law to ‘Judea and Samaria’

The name of the area in question is a point of contention both internationally and within Israel, and it is called different names in differing institutions.

 MK Simcha Rothman, December 9, 2024.

Constitution Committee debates controversial judicial oversight bill

Rothman and other supporters of the bill have argued that there is an inherent conflict of interest in the current system

MK Simcha Rothman  attends the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

MK Simcha Rothman calls on the Chief Rabbinate to permit ascent to the Temple Mount

"I call on the Chief Rabbinate to replace the sign prohibiting ascent with a sign that permits Jews to ascend the Mount!" MK Simcha Rothman stated.

 MK Simcha Rothman at the Annual Beyadenu Conference

Constitution Committee advances ‘softened’ version of controversial Bar Association bill

Members of the IBA and the opposition argued that the bill was an attempt to exact revenge on the IBA by harming its independent ability to set its budget.

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

October 7 genocide: MKs submit bill for prosecution of Hamas Nukhba terrorists

This step has been previously avoided due to legal challenges and possible international ramifications.

 Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024