Tag: Israeli High Court of Justice
Conversion cannot be taken lightly
The dramatic ruling on Monday by Israel’s High Court of Justice, ordering the state to recognize non-Orthodox conversions, evoked natural outrage in the haredi community—for how does the court dare weigh in on a religious tradition?...
Dramatic conversion ruling inflames Israel’s political debate
Israel’s High Court of Justice sparked controversy on Monday with a landmark ruling on non-Orthodox conversion, evoking outrage on the right and accolades from the left.
Right-wing parties panned the decision ordering the state to recognize Reform and...
Israel’s High Court: Reform, Conservative conversions in Israel valid for ‘Law of Return’
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday issued a bombshell ruling that recognized conversions by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel, therefore enabling Israeli citizenship under the “Law of Return.”
The 8-1 ruling, which ended...
Israel’s High Court of Justice votes to demolish house of Esther Horgen’s killer
Israel’s High Court of Justice voted on Wednesday to demolish part of the home lived in by the murderer of Esther Horgen.
Horgen, 52 and the mother of six children, was killed in late December by Muhammad Cabha after...
Israel’s High Court orders IDF to halt demolition of Dvir Sorek killer’s home
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday overturned a demolition order against the home of one of the terrorists convicted for the murder of yeshiva student Dvir Sorek in Gush Etzion in August 2019. This marks...
Netanyahu, Gantz agree: New government to be sworn in on May 13
Israel will swear in a national unity government on May 13, agreed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, late on Wednesday. The parliamentary process for legislating the...
Ahead of High Court rulings, Likud spells out ‘red lines’
Following High Court hearings earlier this week of petitions challenging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to form a government and the unity deal between Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party, a senior...
Israel’s High Court hears petitions against Netanyahu’s continued rule
Israel’s High Court of Justice began hearing petitions on Sunday seeking to bar incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a government, including a national-unity coalition with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz,...
Mandelblit to High Court: No legal barrier to Netanyahu serving as prime minister
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit told the country’s High Court of Justice on Thursday that in his opinion there is no legal obstacle Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a government and serving as...
‘Israel’s High Court has long ago taken over the discretion of the executive power’
Last Wednesday morning, then-Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein knew he was about to do something unprecedented. Not only in Israeli terms but also internationally, there aren’t many instances of the head of a country’s legislature resigning in...