Tag: Judicial Reform
Explosive recording of 2020 judicial selection meeting revealed
A recording of a Judicial Selection Committee meeting in 2020, obtained by Israel Hayom, offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the legal system and what might have been the catalyst of the...
Rothman: Supreme Court decision a ‘shame,’ but not time to re-legislate
In an unprecedented and controversial decision, Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down the so-called “reasonableness law,” an amendment to a semi-constitutional Basic Law passed as part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s now-shelved judicial...
Barak calls for Netanyahu’s ouster despite war raging
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently laid out his plans to oust the current premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Barak's remarks were made during a six-minute interview, recorded...
Israel’s chief justice retires amid uncertainty over successor
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...
High Court to continue hearing petitions against recusal law
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...
‘We the People’ begin to speak
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family packed their bags Monday night for their vacation on the Golan Heights.
The police also made their routine preparations. They set up a water cannon outside the...
Supreme Court’s power waxing as judicial reform falters
The Israeli High Court’s marathon, 13.5-hour hearing on judicial reform two weeks ago underscored that the court has set its sights on Israel's Basic Laws, until now treated as inviolable by the court itself, observers told...
Rothman: High Court ‘does not respect the judgment of the public’
"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...
Rothman to High Court: No right to interfere in legislative process
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...
Supreme Court hearing on ‘reasonableness’ law kicks off
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,...