Tag: Israeli Supreme Court
Israeli justice minister unveils draft judicial reform bill
Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday published a draft of his judicial reform bill. The proposed legislation, presented as an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary, has not yet been put before the...
No, the ‘override clause’ won’t ‘crush’ Israeli democracy
Israel’s outgoing interim prime minister, Yair Lapid, opened his Yesh Atid Party meeting on Monday by addressing the infamous “override clause.”
“It will crush the court; it will crush Israeli democracy,” he said, referring to...
‘Overriding’ Supreme Court emerges as priority in Israel’s coalition negotiations
If the coalition negotiations are any guide, judicial reform will top the legislative agenda of Israel’s next government. Reining in the Supreme Court is a key issue for Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospective coalition...
Critics of ‘Citizenship Law’ ruling charge Supreme Court has ’emptied the law of meaning’
The Israeli Supreme Court’s July 21 ruling upholding a law under which convicted terrorists may be stripped of their citizenship has angered many in Israel’s nationalist camp, who argue that the ruling actually renders the law...
Landmark Israeli Court ruling holds Palestinian Authority liable for terror funding scheme
In a groundbreaking decision, the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that Israeli victims of terrorism and their families can now sue the Palestinian Authority for damages. This decision is groundbreaking because it removes...
The Supreme Court’s dangerous ruling on Sheikh Jarrah
All those who demanded that the Arab residents of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Shimon Hatzadik, also known as Sheikh Jarrah, honor the district and magistrate’s court rulings and vacate the Jewish-owned homes there...
Israel’s high court blocked eviction of Palestinians in Jerusalem, for now
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that families in the eastern Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood would not be evicted at the moment.
Israeli courts had ruled that Jews owned the land before 1948 and were...
Former Israeli Supreme Court president Miriam Naor dies at 74
Former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, Justice (ret.) Miriam Naor, passed away on Monday at the age of 74.
Naor was appointed head of the committee charged with probing the Mount Meron stampede last autumn.
Naor was born...
Sheikh Jarrah residents reject suggested compromise deal by ‘occupation court’
Arab residents of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood rejected a deal on Tuesday that would have allowed them to remain in their homes for 15 years as “protected tenants.”
“We unanimously rejected the settlement offered by...
Will Israel’s politicized Supreme Court stick to law on Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah squatters?
In what can be seen as an eyebrow-raising moment, Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday noted that the Jewish owners of properties under dispute in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem, which is often erroneously...