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Speaker of the Israeli parliament Yuli Edelstein gives a press statement in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on January 12, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘Israel’s High Court has long ago taken over the discretion of the executive power’

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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...
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigns over Supreme Court ruling

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Longtime Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigned his post on Wednesday rather than implement a ruling by Israel’s High Court that the parliament must hold a vote to appoint a new speaker. Addressing the Knesset in...
Supreme Court president Esther Hayut arrives to a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 19, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israel’s Supreme Court orders vote, says Knesset speaker ‘undermining democracy’

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In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to hold a vote for a Knesset speaker on Wednesday, just an hour after the speaker ignored a non-binding call by the court to...
Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut arrives to a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

High Court orders Edelstein to schedule a vote on his replacement by Wednesday

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Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein must schedule a parliamentary vote on his replacement by Wednesday. The Likud Party, to which Edelstein belongs, had previously said that a...
Aleksey Burkov, a Russian IT specialist and alleged hacker wanted by the United States, arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Nov. 3, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s High Court stays extradition to US of suspected Russian hacker

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered a temporary postponement of the extradition to the United States of Russian IT specialist Aleksey Burkov, who the family of an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia...
Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir speaks with clients at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for a hearing, Feb. 27, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Likud Party joins Otzma Yehudit to petition court to disqualify Joint Arab List

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Members of the Likud and Otzma Yehudit parties submitted a petition to the High Court of Justice on Tuesday requesting that the Joint Arab List be barred from running in the upcoming elections on...
Israeli Minister of Interior Affairs and head of the Shas party Aryeh Deri, seen with Shas parliament members at the campaign opening event in Bat Yam on Feb. 10, 2019. Photo by Yehuda Haim/Flash90.

Shas party tells High Court that women can become members, run for office

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The sephardic religious Shas Party has formally informed Israel’s High Court of Justice that its regulations do not prevent women from becoming members eligible to run for public office. The statement came following a petition...