High Court of Justice

Affordable Housing site shut down

After a High Court ruling, the Affordable Housing site was shut for maintenance to prevent benefits for draft evaders, leaving users with expiring eligibility certificates without a solution.

Residential buildings in Petah Tikva.
MK Ofir Katz leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, July 12, 2026.

Ofir Katz backs Ben-Gvir push to apply death penalty law for Neveh Tzuf terrorist

Three women who arrived in the morning to sit the Rabbinate exams finally do so at a four-hour delay, April 27, 2026

ITIM demands equal conditions for women in upcoming Chief Rabbinate exams

Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

High Court bars parties from reporting who voted at polling stations ahead of election


The government counts on the judges in Jerusalem to strike down their laws - comment

The court did not create the haredi draft crisis; the Knesset preserved the duty to enlist and then attempted to switch off its enforcement for one group.

Israeli police clash with haredi protesters during a mass demonstration against military conscription outside the Beit Lid military base in June.

High Court freezes key provisions of law restructuring police investigations unit

Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Dafna Barak-Erez issued the interim order in a 2-1 decision. Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg dissented.

The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.

High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion

Justice Ofer Grosskopf froze the law on July 15, one day after it passed, and the full nine-justice panel maintained that freeze following a hearing later that month.

Police officers stand by as ultra-Orthodox men block a road during a protest against conscription into the IDF in Bnei Brak in August.

High Court orders former Shin Bet officials who challenged Zini appointment to reveal names

The 189 petitioners had argued that Zini lacked the experience required to lead the agency and that his selection was tainted by conflicts of interest.

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini visits at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror, on April 21, 2026.

High Court arrangement bypasses Sohlberg authority dispute for now; petition to resume Wednesday

The committee's decision will not necessarily be the final legal word. The High Court will resume hearing the petition on Wednesday at 8 a.m., after the parties update it on the committee’s decision.

A view of a polling station in Haifa after voting closed on August 17, 2026, following the Likud primary elections to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the Israeli general elections.

High Court hands Likud procedural victory to challenge real-time voter tracking ban

Without an agreement, the court indicated that it could issue a formal order requiring the respondents to justify Sohlberg’s authority to decide the matter alone.

The High Court of Justice hears petitions against the vote to appoint Michael Rabello as state comptroller, in Jerusalem, June 18, 2026

Attorney-general urges High Court to block PID appointments, warns of politicization

The attorney-general is seeking to halt PID appointments during the election period, while Justice Minister Yariv Levin argues the government retains full authority to make major appointments.

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

High Court to hear Likud challenge to real-time voter reporting ban

The dispute centers on whether party-appointed polling station observers can send campaign headquarters information showing which voters cast ballots, including when and where they voted.

Members of the Likud party gather at a polling station for the primary elections of their party ahead of the country’s national elections, in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

High Court hears petition as public broadcaster KAN faces risk of having no council, executive

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and the five serving council members support the substance of the temporary proposal.

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026

High Court freezes NIS 409m. in coalition funds, releases urgent transfers

Monday’s decision instead narrows the freeze to the coalition funds specifically identified by the court. The temporary order imposed on the remaining transfers on August 5 was lifted.

The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.