Tagged Israeli Supreme Court

Supreme Court judge Yitzhak Amit

Supreme Court chief justice blasts Israeli electoral democracy

Haredi soldiers

Few ultra-Orthodox enlisting in IDF despite draft push

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and justices

Netanyahu shocked at court’s ruling over Shin Bet leader’s firing

High Court

Supreme Court rejects petition against hostage deal and ceasefire

Yariv Levin

Supreme Court forcing return of judicial reform, says justice minister

Ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students

IDF ordered to immediately draft thousands of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students

Supreme Court hearing

Israeli Supreme Court blamed for IDF’s ‘tactical pause’ fiasco

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Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak chosen by Israel for ICJ panel

Supreme Court hearing

‘Election nullification’: Supreme Court blasted for trying to undo right-wing election victory

Supreme Court hearing

‘Completely contrary to democracy’ – Lawmakers, activists protest Supreme Court hearing on Basic Law

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut

Echoing Justice Minister, Supreme Court President says ‘mortal blow’ to democracy needed to strike Basic Law

supreme court demonstration

Thousands protest judicial overhaul ahead of precedent-setting Supreme Court hearing

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu backs Knesset Speaker’s warning to the Supreme Court

Pro-judicial reform demonstration

Hundreds of thousands expected at pro-judicial reform rally outside Supreme Court

Gali Baharav Miara

Israeli A-G to Supreme Court: Strike down the ‘reasonableness’ law

Aharon Barak protest

‘Now it is, now it isn’t’: The constitutional nature of a basic law in Israel – analysis

Israeli Supreme Court justices

Crisis brewing? Israeli Judges Freeze Basic Law, to coalition’s outrage

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Supreme Court rejects request to dismantle Homesh Yeshiva

Supreme court justices

‘Criminals in suits’: MKs slam Supreme Court before likely ruling to void law protecting Netanyahu

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and justices

Israel’s Supreme Court to rule on LGBT adoption, despite gov’t opposition

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and justices

In first, all 15 Supreme Court justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’ curbing their power

Yigal Amir

‘Free Rabin assassin from prison’ – on this condition – attorney

Lapid Netanyahu

Opposition demands judicial reform freeze until 2025; Likud refuses

Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara

Forced removal on the horizon? AG asks Supreme Court to void law protecting Netanyahu

The front pages of several Israeli newspapers

Major Israeli newspapers run black front-page ad, calling it a ‘black day for democracy’

Chief Justice Esther Hayut

Israeli High Court justices cut short German visit to study petitions against judicial reform

African illegals in south Tel Aviv

Israel’s Supreme Court overturns law encouraging illegal immigrants to leave the country

US Supreme Court

As they attack Israeli judiciary reform, Biden, Democrats undermine US Supreme Court

Tel Aviv protest

‘Day of Resistance’: How many protesters actually showed up?

Israeli Supreme Court justices

Knesset passes bill to restrict Supreme Court powers

Benny Gantz Yair Lapid

‘Dictator’: Opposition hurl insults as reasonableness bill passes committee vote

Simcha Rothman

Judicial reform: ‘Reasonableness clause’ bill back on Knesset agenda

Jerusalem Magistrates Court

Knesset delays debate on judicial reform bill due to terror attack

Anti Goverment Protest in Tel Aviv

Yesh Atid issues ultimatum, threatens to end judicial reform talks if demands not met

Khan al-Ahmar

‘Capitulation, Israeli retreat’ – NGO blasts gov’t, Supreme Court for failing to raze illegal Bedouin outpost

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‘No significant violence’? Group protests against Israeli Supreme Court judge who released Arab rapist

Aharon Barak protest

Pro-reform protesters rally outside ex-Supreme Court judge’s home

Memorial Day Ceremony

Israeli NGOs fight gov’t to allow terrorists’ families attend Memorial Day event

Israel Supreme Court

Report: Israeli government and Opposition considering new compromise on judicial reform

Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint statement with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin following their meeting at Ben Gurion International Airport in Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Defense Minister Gallant calls to halt judicial reform legislation

Gali Baharav Miara

Attorney General accuses Netanyahu of violating Supreme Court ruling

judicial reform protest

Anti-reform protests reveal police double standards – analysis

Yair Lapid

‘The gun is on the table’: Lapid slams justice minister for threatening to disobey court ruling

judicial reform protest

‘Why do we need judicial reform?’ An architect behind the proposal explains

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‘Unnecessary’ law banning unleavened bread on Passover passes first reading, Supreme Court blamed

Israeli attorney General Avichai Mandelblit with president of Supreme Court Esther Hayut, at Bar Ilan University. March 04, 2020. (Flash90)

‘Regime Coup’: Former AG urges Supreme Court to void gov’t judicial reform laws

judicial reform protest

While we get distracted, antisemites undermine societal stability in Israel – opinion

Supreme court justices

What are the judicial reforms proposed by Yariv Levin? – explainer

Aryeh Deri

Bombshell: Deri never agreed to leave politics, admits former attorney-general

Disturbances in Khan al-Ahmar Village

Supreme Court slams Netanyahu gov’t for delaying demolition of illegal Arab settlement near Jerusalem

Netanyahu Deri

Coalition unanimously backs bill to override Supreme Court, bring Deri back as minister

Eynat Guez

High-tech giant becomes first company to withdraw funds from Israel over judicial reforms, prompting outrage from its own board

Death courtesy of Israel’s Supreme Court – analysis

Benjamin Netanyahu

‘Truth is the exact opposite’: Netanyahu says protesters are wrong, judicial reforms will benefit Israel

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100,000 is nothing: The myth of Israel’s ‘mass anti-government protests’

Netanyahu Deri

‘With a heavy heart’: Netanyahu fires Interior Minister Deri following court ruling

Netanyahu

Following ruling, Netanyahu visits ‘brother in need’; Deri determined to ‘break through the ceiling’

Deri Netanyahu

Deri’s disqualification proves Israel’s need for ‘urgent’ judicial reform, says legal expert

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri

COALITION CRISIS: Supreme Court rules against Deri – will Netanyahu gov’t fall?

Aryeh Deri

Defying Supreme Court, minister vows not to resign even if judges rule against him