Tag: Judicial Reform
Distorting the Declaration
“As embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the essence of the State of Israel is to be a Jewish and democratic state.” — Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch of the Institute for National Security...
Jeffries: US support for Israel above judicial reform
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Monday in Jerusalem that judicial reform should have no bearing on American military support for Israel.
Speaking to Israeli journalists about the divisive domestic debate...
Coalition heads: Supreme Court cannot strike down Basic Laws
Israel's Supreme Court has no authority to strike down semi-constitutional Basic Laws or force a prime minister to recuse himself, coalition party heads proclaimed on Sunday.
"The court does not have the authority to annul...
Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence.
“There won’t be civil war. I guarantee you that,”...
In first, all 15 justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’
All 15 justices of Israel's Supreme Court will hear the petitions asking them to cancel the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset passed last week, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced on Monday.
The hearing is...
Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everyone has an opinion on Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a shot at foreign interventions into Israeli democracy during an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday.
“I’ve been elected six times democratically for a total of 16 years, and...
Likud says no to Lapid demand for 18-month freeze of judicial reform
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud will not agree to freeze all judicial reform legislation until 2025 as demanded by the head of the opposition, the party said on Sunday afternoon.
"The only possible solution and...
Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania
On the days after Tisha B'Av, it would be nice to write about national unity, shared destiny, moderation and restraint. But I cannot ignore the kasach—the unbridled confrontation, the inflammatory demagoguery, the warmongering—that has become...
Supreme Court to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’
Israel's Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions against the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset enacted this week, with a court date set for September, according to the NGO Movement for Quality Government in...
US State Department: Judicial reform will not affect Israel aid
The U.S. State Department stressed on Tuesday that the Biden Administration has no intention to slash aid to Israel following the passing into law by Israel's coalition of key judicial reform legislation.
Responding to a leading question by Said...