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Radical secular protesters clash with religious Jews in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, Sept. 24, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Supreme Court overturns Tel Aviv ban on outdoor Yom Kippur prayers

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Israel's Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday night against a ban on gender-separated Jewish prayer services in Tel Aviv's public spaces during the holiday of Yom Kippur, local media reported. "We order that the appellants...

Haredi enlistment: The political hot potato before the Knesset recess

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The Israeli High Court’s decision on Tuesday was plain and simple: When it comes to enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces, there needs to be equality between all sectors of the Israeli public. This decision...

Israeli High Court OKs house demolition for terrorist who failed to kill

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Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, on Wednesday sanctioned the demolition of a Jerusalem home belonging to a terrorist who shot and wounded two policemen on Oct. 12. Khaled Abdel-Fattah, from the northern...
Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut at a hearing on the "recusal law" in Jerusalem, Aug. 3, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s chief justice retires amid uncertainty over successor

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Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut retired on Monday, having reached 70 years of age, the mandatory age of retirement for Israeli justices. Hayut has served as a judge for 33 years. She was appointed...
The Israeli Supreme Court at a hearing on petitions against the "recusal law," Sept. 28, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

High Court to continue hearing petitions against recusal law

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Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, will hold its second hearing on petitions calling for it to strike down the "recusal law," which limits the court's ability to declare a...
MK Simcha Rothman during the hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on the "reasonableness law," Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rothman: High Court ‘does not respect the judgment of the public’

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"This is in effect an event where we take 15 judges, and lawyers, and conduct a debate on whether the State of Israel should be a democratic country," member of Knesset Simcha Rothman told...
MK Simcha Rothman during the hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on the "reasonableness law," Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rothman to High Court: No right to interfere in legislative process

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A tense exchange took place between Israel's High Court of Justice and member of Knesset Simcha Rothman during Tuesday's hearing on the “reasonableness law" as the latter told the court it had no right to intervene in...
Chief Justice of Israel's Supreme Court Esther Hayut at the hearing of the government's

Supreme Court hearing on ‘reasonableness’ law kicks off

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Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, convened on Tuesday to consider petitions against the so-called "reasonableness" law, an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary passed by the Knesset in July. The hearing,...
Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial reform outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

‘Don’t trample our vote’: Reform supporters rally in Jerusalem

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Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday evening to demonstrate in favor of judicial reform. Protesters voiced opposition to the court's decision to weigh in on legislation related...
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron at a book launch event at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Jan. 19, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Justice Elron launches bid for Supreme Court presidency

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In an unprecedented move, conservative Israeli Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron on Wednesday declared his intention to run for the position of chief justice. The current chief justice, Esther Hayut, retires in mid-October. "I hereby...