Judiciary

Iran's judiciary chief orders A-G to investigate SIM cards with unlimited internet access

Iran's judiciary responds to reports of illegal SIM card sales during the ongoing internet blackout, which has now reached 59 days of disruption.

Iran's Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i.
 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in June.

Israel’s justice minister is undermining judicial independence and the rule of law - opinion

An illustration of a handcuffed individual in a suit, and a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Iran arrests at least four reform front politicians

 JUSTICE ISAAC AMIT was lawfully chosen as president of the Supreme Court, as a majority of the members of the Judicial Selection Committee supported his selection as required by law, the writer states.

Supreme Court president warns attacks on judiciary threaten democratic order


Protests disrupt Israeli democracy to preserve it - opinion

Ruthie Blum needs to recognize that people are scared and intimidated by the aspirations of egocentric and inexperienced politicians whose sudden taste of power goes immediately to their heads.

 A PROTEST takes place in Haifa on Saturday night. People have taken to the streets in protest against a massive takeover of our free choices and self-determination to live in accordance with what we decide is right for us.

How is global media reporting Israel's judicial reform protests?

As Israel's judicial reforms progress through the Knesset, how is the information being presented on the global stage?

Mounted police stand in front of people during a demonstration, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 2023.

Can this Israeli think tank push a judicial reform compromise? - opinion

I hope your true legacy becomes that Moshe Koppel triggered some judicial reforms and helped save Israel. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Kohelet conference in Jerusalem, in 2020.

Israel doesn't want the US to mind its own business - Nides

“Some official, I don’t know who he is, I never met him, suggested I should stay out of Israel’s business,” Tom Nides said, referring to Amichai Chikli.

 Tom Nides, the influential US ambassador to Israel.

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform

Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Israel's only way forward is unity gov't - Bennett says in Australia

The former prime minister says he supports Israeli judicial reforms, but said the current government has gone "too far."

 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett adresses the Israeli parliament during a "40 signatures debate" in the plenum hall of the Israeli parliament, on June 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90

Rothman proposes new 'British model' for Israeli judicial review

Previous versions of the bill would have restricted judicial review to situations in which an extended bench of 15 justices unanimously agreed that a law was in violation.

The man transforming the judicial system: Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman

Israeli legal experts offer constitution alternative to judicial reforms

Barak Medina: "We suggest that instead of rewriting or writing a new constitution, we may simply try to change the formal status of the Declaration of Independence."

 Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.

Israel's coalition needs to compromise unilaterally - analysis

Call it a form of back-channel negotiations, à la the Oslo process, but this time not aiming for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but rather peace among the Israelis themselves. 

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and coalition members celebrate after a vote on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

Israel’s scandalously disloyal opposition

While the task of the opposition is to oppose the policies of the ruling coalition with vigor, it is expected to do so within the realm of reason while remaining loyal.

 Thousands of Israelis rally against the goverment’s judicial overhaul bills outside the Knesset, earlier this week.