Judiciary
Seventy-nine judicial appointees take oath after 18-month selection freeze
Herzog hosted the ceremony alongside Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, placing the two officials at the center of the same event after repeated court battles.
Israeli lawyer faces ethics complaint over expert opinion used to target IDF reservist in UK
High Court blocks new police appointments pending decision on restructuring law
Former DOJ lawyer alleges Trump university antisemitism probes lacked evidence
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.
Israel should split its judicial review of reasonableness - opinion
Should the parties to the litigation challenging the reasonableness standard law agree to a split in the application of the standard of review of reasonableness? If not, should the court impose one?