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Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Supreme court Justices arrive to a second day court session on petitions against the coalition agreement between Gantz's Blue and White Party and Netanyahu's Likud at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 3, 2020. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon

Scales of Israeli justice

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Israel’s High Court of Justice just spent two full days hearing petitions against the continued rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the national-unity deal that he signed last month with Blue and White Party leader...
Attorneys from all sides are seen preparing as they wait for Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Supreme court Justices to enter the room for a second day court session on petitions against the coalition agreement between Gantz's Blue and White Party and Netanyahu's Likud at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 4, 2020. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon

Will the Israeli Supreme Court doom Netanyahu-Gantz unity government?

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Israel’s Supreme Court has finished two days of hearings concerning the recent unity agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. The hearings were launched after several groups, which...
Supreme Court president Esther Hayut arrives to a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 19, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Tension between Israel’s legislature and judiciary raises unprecedented questions

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It really is all about the Benjamins. Pending any last-minute crisis, Israel may finally have an emergency unity government after a yearlong political deadlock and three elections. The new government—the precise terms of which...
The nearly empty beach in Tel Aviv. Daily life has come to nearly a complete standstill as the number of coronavirus cases in Israel continues to rise, March 25, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

With Knesset oversight in place, High Court greenlights COVID-19 surveillance

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday lifted an injunction barring its internal security agency, the Shin Bet, from using digital mass-surveillance technology to track Israelis’ locations as part of the country’s efforts to stem the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker

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Amid Israel’s aggressive attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s democratic system has been thrown into an unprecedented and multilayered crisis, now embroiling the executive, legislative and judicial branches of its government. For over...
Israeli Supreme Court justices, in addition to Supreme Court president Esther Hayut, arrive in the courtroom in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli high court overturns surrogacy law excluding single men, gay couples

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Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Thursday against a law that excludes single men and gay couples from using surrogacy to have children. Current law allows only heterosexual couples or single women who are unable...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu to resign from ministerial posts by Jan. 1

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he will resign from all of his ministerial posts by January. He currently holds the health, welfare, agriculture and Diaspora affairs portfolios. Three weeks ago, Israeli...
Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir. Credit: Human Rights Watch.

Supreme Court rules Israel can deport Human Rights Watch official

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Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir may be deported, upholding a district court ruling that found him guilty of promoting anti-Israel boycotts. According to a ruling handed...
Human Rights Watch Israel/Palestine Director Omar Shakir. Source: Human Rights Watch website.

Supreme Court delays decision on deportation of Human Rights Watch director

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Israel’s Supreme Court decided Tuesday to push off making a decision regarding the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Israel/Palestine Director Omar Shakir until after Rosh Hashanah, extending a 14-month legal battle centering on whether...
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What’s the matter with Israel’s Supreme Court?

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Israel’s highest court just did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big favor. On Sunday, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down the final rulings on who could run in the country’s April 9 Knesset elections....