Tag: Judicial Reform
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...
A new opportunity for the Jewish people
I was born in Syria, grew up in Lebanon and eventually moved to Brazil from where I made Aliyah. After nine months of learning Hebrew in an ulpan, I met my husband and moved to...
Israeli newspapers run black front-page ad after judicial reform vote
Several leading Israeli newspapers ran entirely black front page advertisements on Tuesday morning, in response to the passing of key judicial reform legislation the day before.
The ads, published by "Israel Hayom," "Haaretz," "Yediot Ahronot" and "Calcalist," were paid for by the Israeli...
Netanyahu’s brother casts doubt on Biden’s mental fitness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s physician brother on Tuesday questioned the mental state of U.S. President Joe Biden.
In an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, 71, said he does not believe that Biden...