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.

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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

MK Simcha Rothman explains how Israel's Operation Roaring Lion could create the conditions for regime change in Iran and affect global security.

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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

The Knesset passed a bill exempting US olim from paying Israeli National Insurance for five years to prevent double payments, encouraging aliyah by reducing financial burdens.

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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 Knesset has approved a bill to make the Police Investigation Department independent from the State Prosecutor's Office, ensuring unbiased investigations.

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Rothman: Justices are 'privileged elites,' overruling Israeli democracy

Speaking at the historic High Court hearing on Tuesday, Rothman argued the court was overruling the democratic will of the people to choose their elected officials.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman seen at the High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

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.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Religious Zionist MK to advance bill greatly limiting migration into Israel

If the bill is to pass, Israel would have a set annual quota for people gaining refugee status in the country.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Rothman looks to ban Israel's top justice from judicial reform hearing

Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik reportedly refused to file the motion, which Rothman sought because she had expressed bias on the matter.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Rothman, Yair Netanyahu seek restraining orders against protesters

Simcha Rothman filed a restraining order against a group of over 400 people who sought to disrupt his vacation.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023

Online initiative gets Israelis and Diaspora Jews talking

Ledaber's mission is to heal Israeli society through personal interactions and foster genuine understanding.

JULY 30, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
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Final debate on Israeli reasonableness bill begins in Knesset plenum

"The current situation is not democracy, and not the rule of law," Simcha Rothman said. "The High Court will not determine what is reasonable, the ministers will determine [that]."

JULY 23, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is seen at a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness standard bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on July 23, 2023.

Israel's Law Committee rejects over 27,000 reasonableness bill revisions

"There are about 1300 revision requests that we require to be justified," said Kariv. "There is a limit to how many things can be imposed on the opposition."

JULY 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli lawmaker MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party) is seen gesturing during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.

Israeli lawmakers debate over 25,000 proposed changes to judicial reform bill

The bill would prevent the use of the reasonableness standard against administrative decisions by the government, prime minister, and ministers.

JULY 17, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman is seen presiding over a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee session on judicial reform, in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2023.

Knesset law committee discusses altered reasonableness bill

The new version of the bill restricts the use of reasonableness standard by courts against the administrative decisions of the prime minister and other ministers.

JULY 13, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman is seen leeding a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee meeting in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023.